Ninth Generation

6069. Thomas Stryker Skillman was born on 20 October 1911 in Skillman, Somerset, NJ. In 1930 he was a herdsman at his father's farm in New Jersey. He died on 21 April 2012 at the age of 100 at Stonebridge of Montgomery in Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. SKILLMAN - Thomas Stryker Skillman, 100, passed away at Stonebridge at Montgomery on Saturday, April 21, 2012. At Tom's age he had time to prepare for this event, here are his words:
"I was a life member of Blawenburg Reformed Church which my great-grandfather helped to build. I also served on the Consistory a number of times as an elder and a deacon. I was a member of The Sons of the Revolution, Princeton Chapter, and a life member of the Montgomery Fire Department No. 2, and the last remaining member of the original 12 who organized the fire company. I was also a Sunday school teacher for a number of years, along with my mother, father, sisters, brothers and daughter, I was a member of the first recreation commission in Montgomery Township, a longtime member of the Montgomery Men's Breakfast Club, a member of the Van-Harlingen Historical Society, and a trustee of the Beekman Cemetery. I loved my family, my church and a host of friends.
You know, maybe I wasn't such a bad guy. I married the greatest women in the world, well I think she was, Beatrice Smalley Skillman, who predeceased me in 1993. I was the son of the late Frederick and Elva Stryker Skillman, and predeceased by my son, Frederick T. Skillman; my great-granddaughter, Cynthia Carol Weingart; my sisters, Reba Baird and Mary Van Cleef, and my brother, Harold Skillman. I have been survived by my daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Joseph Harcarik; three grandsons, Timothy Hunt and his wife, Wendy, J. Thomas Harcarik and his fiancee, Mary, and Daniel Harcarik and his wife, Deanna; my granddaughter, Susan Weingart and her husband, Scott; my great-grandchildren, Brad, Jeff and Eric Hunt, and Jessica Weingart; a brother, A. Dix Skillman and his wife, Virgina; my sisters-in-law, Mildred Prugh and Jean Skillman; plus several nieces and nephews, and many close and loving friends. I was a lucky man."
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 27, 2012, at the Blawenburg Reformed Church, 424 Route 518, Blawenburg, NJ 08504. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Calling hours are from 9 to 10 a.m. at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cromwell-Immordino Memorial Home, 71 E. Prospect St., Hopewell, NJ 08525.
 Montgomery News, April 28, 2012 Thomas was buried on 27 April 2012 at Blawenburg Reformed Church Cemetery in Blawenburg, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. He was a worker for General Motors in West Trenton, NJ. In 1948 he purchased a 13 acre farm from the Blawenburg Dutch Reformed Church. They raised chickens, beef cattle, veal calfs, small grains and sweet corn.

Thomas Stryker Skillman and Beatrice Lucille "Bea" Smalley were married on 20 June 1936 at Rev. David R. Reese, 326 24th St. Guttenberg, NJ in Skillman, Somerset, NJ. Beatrice Lucille "Bea" Smalley, daughter of Arthur Smalley and Ethel Smith, was born on 20 May 1914 in South Middlebush, Somerset, NJ. She died on 6 February 1993 at the age of 78 in Somerville, Somerset, NJ. She had Social Security Number 142-10-0997. Bea was buried at Blawenburg Reformed Church Cemetery in Blawenburg, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ.

Thomas Stryker Skillman-850 and Beatrice Lucille "Bea" Smalley-2405 had the following children: