Eighth Generation

4424. Kenneth Earl Skillman was born on 31 March 1910 in Mount Ida, KS. Charlie Skillman has his birth as 1912, which is after Mamie's death. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Washington, Anderson, KS. He died on 24 August 1994 at the age of 84 at Mease Hospital in Dunedin, FL. Paper: St. Petersburg Times (FL)
Date: August 25, 1994
SKILLMAN, KENNETH E., 84, of Clearwater, died Wednesday (Aug. 24, 1994) at Mease Hospital Dunedin. He was born in Mont Ida, Kan., and came here in 1974 from Buffalo, N.Y. He was a member of Northbay Community Church. Survivors include his wife, Vera; and a son, Richard, Springfield, Mass. Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater.
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Kenneth was buried at Sylvan Abbey Mem. Park in Clearwater, FL. He had Social Security Number 719-01-4834 (RR Board). He was a member. After his mother's death in 1911, he went to live with her parents, the Sybertz.

Kenneth Earl Skillman and Vera Elizabeth Hurt lived in Clearwater, FL between 1974 and 1994. They were married. Vera Elizabeth Hurt was born on 12 September 1930. She died on 14 March 1997 at the age of 66 in Pompano Beach, Broward, FL. She had Social Security Number 155-22-1040.

Kenneth Earl Skillman-8691 and Vera Elizabeth Hurt-32131 had the following children:

6936	i.	Kenneth Earl Skillman was born on 14 February 1940 in Kansas City, Jackson, MO. He died on 16 February 1940 at the age of 0 in Kansas City, Jackson, MO. He was buried on 17 February 1940 in Emporia, Lyon, KS.
6937	ii.	Richard Kenneth Skillman was born about 1941. He lived in Springfield, Hampden, MA on 24 August 1994. He died on 11 June 2000 at the age of 59 at at home in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Paper: Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) Deceased: Richard K. Skillman; former WNEC economics professor Date: June 18, 2000 Richard K. Skillman, 59, of 290 Cooley St., a former professor and department chair at Western New England College, died June 11 at home. He was chairman of the Department of Economics from 1990 to 1996. He was previously chairman of the Department of History, Government and Economics from 1981 to 1990. He began his career at the college as associate professor of economics in 1970. He was instrumental in bringing a credit union to the college in 1974. He also served for many years on the Personnel Committee of the faculty senate and played a major role in the first rewrite of the college's Faculty Handbook in 1980. He lived in Springfield since 1970 and received a bachelor's degree in economics from Hamilton College and a master of arts in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He leaves his mother, Vera E. (Hurt) Skillman of Dunedin, Fla. A memorial service will be in the fall at the college. Sampson's Chapel of the Acres Funeral Home is in charge. Section: Obits, Page: B06 Copyright, 2000, The Republican Company, Springfield, MA. All Rights Reserved. Used by NewsBank with Permission. Richard was an assistant professor of economics and chair of history government and economics depts. at Western New England College in Springfield, Hampden, MA. He received a BA in Economics degree at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. He received a MA in law and diplomacy degree at Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Middlesex, MA.