Ninth Generation

6233. William Franklin Skillman Sr. was born on 21 July 1904 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. He died on 29 July 1967 at the age of 63 in Grand Prairie, Dallas, TX. On 29 July 1967 he was an Owner operator wholesale donuts. in Grand Prairie, Dallas, TX. William was buried on 31 July 1967 at Southland Memorial Park in Grand Prairie, Dallas, TX.

William Franklin Skillman Sr. and Rubagene "Gene" Brockman were married in 1940 in Yuma, Yuma, AZ. They lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA between 1940 and 1947. They lived in Grand Prairie, Dallas, TX between 1947 and 2002. William and Gene were divorced before 29 July 1967. Rubagene "Gene" Brockman, daughter of Reuben Albert Brockman and Hazel Beatrice Womble, was born on 28 October 1927 in Verona, Collin, TX. Between 1956 and 2002 she was an office manager at Industrial Catering Service in Grand Prairie, Dallas, TX. She died on 13 July 2002 at the age of 74 at Arlington Hospital in Arlington, Tarrant, TX. Paper: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
Date: July 16, 2002
GRAND PRAIRIE - Rubagene Skillman, 74, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2002 at an Arlington hospital after a long illness.
Funeral Mass: 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 2910 Corn Valley, Grand Prairie. Burial: Southland Memorial Park in Grand Prairie.
Memorials: American Heart Association, Grand Prairie Division, 1615 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207-8806 & Scleroderma Foundation
Rubagene Skillman was born Oct. 28, 1927, in Verona to Rueben Albert and Hazel Beatrice Womble Brockman. She attended elementary school in Verona and high school in Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. Skillman was married to William Franklin Skillman in Yuma, Ariz., in 1940. They had a home in Los Angeles until 1947, when they moved to Grand Prairie. Rubagene enjoyed many years of service, starting in 1956, as an office manager for Industrial Catering Service of Grand Prairie. She was actively working and enjoying her many friends there until her illness. Mrs. Skillman was a member of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Grand Prairie. She was a dedicated mother, sister, grandmother, a devoted Christian and a friend to those whom she touched with such grace and magnitude.
Rubagene was preceded in death by her husband, William in 1967.
Survivors: Sons and daughters-in-law, Brent Thomas and Judy Skillman of Arlington and William Franklin and Sherilyn Kay Skillman of Grand Prairie; daughters and sons-in-law, Ellen Louise and Donald Rae Sublett of Irving and Cynthia Gene and William Lee III of Round Rock; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister, Tommy Jo Richards of Arlington; and several nieces and nephews. Bean-Massey-Burge Funeral Home Grand Prairie, (972) 263-7200
Author: Star-Telegram, Section: Metro;Fort Worth & Region, Page: 9
Copyright (c) 2002 Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Gene was at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Grand Prairie, Dallas, TX. She was buried at Southland Memorial Park in Grand Prairie, Dallas, TX.

William Franklin Skillman Sr.-13265 and Rubagene "Gene" Brockman-27627 had the following children: