| Home Surname List Name Index Sources GEDCOM File Email Us | Ninth Generation5339. Samuel Lee Skillman Jr. was born on 9 November 1923 in Virginia. From 1947 to 1974 he was a co-founder at Whitener & Skillman Co. in Arlington, Alexandria, VA. From 1990 to 2002 he was a proprietor at Skillman Window, Inc. in Reston, VA. Samuel lived in Fairfax Co., VA on 5 January 2000. He died of cancer on 22 July 2002 at the age of 78 at home in Fairfax, VA. Paper: Washington Post, The (DC) 78, a former general contractor and builder who was president of the Northern Virginia Builders Association in the 1970s, died July 22 a this home in Fairfax. He had cancer. Mr. Skillman, a co-founder of Whitener &Skillman Co., built schools, hospitals and churches in Northern Virginia from the 1940s to the late 1970s. After that, he operated AAA Windows and Doors and worked with his sons at Skillman Window Inc. in Reston. Mr. Skillman was a native of Washington and a graduate of Western High School. He attended Columbia Technical Institute in Washington. Hewas a Mason. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Miriam Skillman of Fairfax;four children, Samuel Skillman III of Lynch Station, Va., Madie Goeller of Noblesville, Ind.,Glenn Skillman of Centreville and Kathy Harvey of Richmond; a brother, Edward Skillman of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; a sister, Virginia Helmick of Annandale; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Section: Metro Copyright (c) 2002 The Washington Post Samuel Lee Skillman Jr. and Miriam Frances Sherk were married in 1946. Miriam Frances Sherk, daughter of Grant Rhodes Sherk and Madie Blow, was born on 4 April 1926. She was buried at National Memorial Park in Falls Church, Fairfax, VA. Samuel Lee Skillman Jr.-29063 and Miriam Frances Sherk-32184 had the following children:
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