Tenth Generation

8511. Ralph Eugene "Gene" Skillman Jr. was born on 26 August 1923 in Ainsworth, Brown, NE. He lived in Brown Co., NE before 1 May 1942. He served in the military on 1 May 1942 in U.S. Army Reserves. He enlisted as a Private at Omaha, NE. Gene died on 18 October 2002 at the age of 79. Paper: Lincoln Journal Star (NE)
Date: October 20, 2002

Skillman - Ralph Eugene "Gene," 79, Ainsworth, died Friday (10/18/02). Born,  Ainsworth. Served, Army Air Forces, World War II.
Survivors: wife, Esther; sons, Steve, Mike, both of Denton; daughter, Linda Kelly, Phoenix; three grandchildren; sister, Nellie Coffman, Omaha; nieces, nephews.
Memorial service: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hoch Funeral Home, Ainsworth. Ainsworth Cemetery. No visitation. Memorials to Ainsworth Senior Center.

Author: Lincoln Journal Star, Section: B, Page: 04
Copyright, 2002, Lincoln Journal Star

Death benefits sent to Ainsworth, Brown, Nebraska He was buried on 23 October 2002 at Ainsworth Cemetery in Ainsworth, Brown, NE. Block 12, lot 10C. He had Social Security Number 563-24-5991 (CA).

Ralph Eugene "Gene" Skillman Jr. and Esther Lois Ulrich were married on 25 May 1943. Esther Lois Ulrich, daughter of Erwin Ulrich and Lois Unknown, was born on 20 July 1924. She was living on 18 October 2002 in Ainsworth, Brown, NE. She died on 17 April 2007 at the age of 82. Esther was buried at Ainsworth Cemetery in Ainsworth, Brown, NE.

Ralph Eugene "Gene" Skillman Jr.-29696 and Esther Lois Ulrich-30642 had the following children: