Ninth Generation

6302. Charles Wheeler Skillman was born on 10 August 1923 in Lambertville, Hunterdon, NJ. On 16 January 1974 he was a proprietor of an insurance agency in Lambertville, Hunterdon, NJ. He lived in Cape May Court House, NJ between 1981 and 2001. Charles died on 23 September 2001 at the age of 78. Paper: Press of Atlantic City, The (NJ)
Date: September 25, 2001
SKILLMAN, CHARLES W., 78, of Cape May Court House, died on Sunday, September 23, 2001, at Crest Haven Nursing Home. Born in Lambertville, he had lived here for 20 years after moving from Lambertville. He was an Army Veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the VFW, the Union Fire Company, the Sewer Authority, Rotary, and the Oddfellows.
Mr. Skillman is survived by his wife, Jane I. Skillman; his niece, Jane Nicholson of Lewes, DE; his step children, Ralph Messick, Robert Messick, Lisa Haffelfinger, Karen Messick, and Paul Messick; and seven grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday, September 29, at 2 PM at the Radzieta Funeral Home, 9 Hand Ave., Cape May Ct. Hse., where friends may call after 1 PM. Interment is private. Memorials may be made to the Ruth Newman Shapiro Cancer Fund, 7 Baycrest Court, Margate, NJ 08402. More information at www.northeastobits.com
Section: Obituaries, Page: C2
Copyright, 2001, South Jersey Publishing Company t/a The Press of Atlantic City
http://www.northeastobits.com/archives.cfm?obit=1763

Death benefits sent to Cape May Court House, Cape May, NJ He served in the military in WW II & Korean War in the U.S. Army. From National WWII Memorial:

ACTIVITY DURING WWII
SERVED WITH TANK RETRIEVER UNIT IN PATTON'S 3RD ARMY. He had Social Security Number 149-26-0267 (NJ).

Charles Wheeler Skillman and Jane I. Morrison were married. Jane I. Morrison, daughter of Robert Morrison and Ethel Unknown, was born in 1928 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. She died on 25 May 2008 at the age of 80 in Stone Harbor, NJ. Obit online: http://www.northeastobits.com/archives.cfm?obit=23746

Alice Nanni (private).