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Ruth Isabel SKINNER

Female 1941 - 2010  (68 years)


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  • Name Ruth Isabel SKINNER 
    Birth 11 Aug 1941  Brownington, Orleans, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 18 Mar 2010  Wiliston, Chittenden, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Pleasant View Cemetery, Orleans, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Siblings 1 sister 
    Person ID I18401  bmds
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2016 

    Father Myron Robert SKINNER,   b. 7 Nov 1914, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1998, Irasburg, Orleans, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Marjorie Isabel GOODFELLOW,   b. 26 Sep 1906   d. 16 Feb 1953 (Age 46 years) 
    Family ID F5714  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kenneth Charles HOLBROOK,   b. 10 Oct 1924   d. 2 Sep 1967, Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 28 May 1966  Danville, Caledonia, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Ruth : 24 years old | Kenneth : 41 years old. 
    Family ID F7360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Aug 1941 - Brownington, Orleans, Vermont
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 May 1966 - Danville, Caledonia, Vermont
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Mar 2010 - Wiliston, Chittenden, Vermont
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Pleasant View Cemetery, Orleans, Vermont
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Internet.
      Source: Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954.

    2. [S4] Obituary.
      Ruth Isabel Holbrook, 68, of Barre died Thursday, March 18, 2010, at the Vermont Respite House in Williston, where she had been admitted earlier in the week.
       She was born August 11, 1941, in Evansville, the daughter of Myron Robert and Marjorie (Goodfellow) Skinner Sr. She was a 1959 graduate of Orleans High School and had attended Lyndon State College. On May 28, 1966, she married Kenneth Holbrook in St. Johnsbury where they made their home. He predeceased her. Mrs. Holbrook was a longtime employee of Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Vermont, retiring in 2004.
       Reading and attending country music and gospel concerts and ice shows with her sister Myra were her special interests. She belonged to Rob Morris OES Chapter #24 in Montpelier and currently, Charity Chapter #57 of Williamstown.
       Survivors include her sister Myra Gauthier, of Colchester; her nephew Paul Gauthier Jr. and his wife, Kimberly, and their children and the joys of her life, Erika and Curtis, all of Williamstown; and several cousins. Also surviving are her aunt Alice Hilliker and her stepmother Ruth Skinner, both of Barton.
       Besides her husband and her parents, she was predeceased by her brother Myron Skinner Jr. and her sister Mary Jane Skinner.
       The Eastern Star memorial service and celebration of her life was held March 22 in the Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home in Barre. Later interment will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Orleans. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Champlain Valley, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester, Vermont 05446.

    3. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 72023934.