IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Clark V.
Skaggs
August 20, 1926 – April 30, 2008
Obituary
CLARK V. SKAGGS, 81, of Cherokee, Iowa and former long time rural Cleghorn resident passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at his home following a two month battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 3rd at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Don Meyer will officiate. Burial will be in the Liberty Cemetery, rural Meriden, Iowa. There will be a family prayer service at 10:15 at the funeral home on Saturday. Visitation will be on Friday from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. with the family present from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. On line condolences may be sent to www.boothbyfuneral.com
Clark was born on August 20, 1926 in Cherokee County, Iowa to Will & Fanny (Prunty) Skaggs. He graduated from Cleghorn High School in 1944. He then attended Buena Vista College. He was married to Veniece Miller on May 29, 1947 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was later married to Ardyce (Latuska) Barritt on October 7, 1977 at Marcus, Iowa. Clark drove school bus for Cleghorn for one year and then started farming north of Cleghorn in 1948. He founded CVS Feed & Fertilizer which he operated from the 1960's until 1997. He was a member of the Paullina and Cherokee Flying Clubs. He loved to travel, traveling to Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Spain, the Holy Land, and Romania (15 times). He enjoyed camping with his family, mechanical work on tractors and cars, flying his various planes, playing the trumpet and whistling. He had been a resident of Cherokee since 2004 and prior to this on a farm north of Cleghorn, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a son Dennis Skaggs and an infant brother Royal Skaggs.
He is survived by his wife Ardyce; 4 children: Diana (Jim) Johnson of St. John, Kansas; Mary Jo (Don) Riepe of Guthrie, Oklahoma; Lisa (Brian) Caldwell of Mapleton, Minnesota; Andy Skaggs and his fiance Shelby Lloyd of Cleghorn, Iowa; 3 step-children: Bill (Jill) Barritt of Cleghorn, Iowa; Carrie (Mike) Smeltzer of Cleghorn, Iowa; Jay (Aimee) Barritt of Cherokee, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; a daughter-in-law Bonnie Skaggs Prell and her husband Larry of Larrabee, Iowa; 5 step-grandchildren; one brother LeRoy Skaggs of Anchorage, Alaska.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 3rd at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Don Meyer will officiate. Burial will be in the Liberty Cemetery, rural Meriden, Iowa. There will be a family prayer service at 10:15 at the funeral home on Saturday. Visitation will be on Friday from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. with the family present from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. On line condolences may be sent to www.boothbyfuneral.com
Clark was born on August 20, 1926 in Cherokee County, Iowa to Will & Fanny (Prunty) Skaggs. He graduated from Cleghorn High School in 1944. He then attended Buena Vista College. He was married to Veniece Miller on May 29, 1947 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was later married to Ardyce (Latuska) Barritt on October 7, 1977 at Marcus, Iowa. Clark drove school bus for Cleghorn for one year and then started farming north of Cleghorn in 1948. He founded CVS Feed & Fertilizer which he operated from the 1960's until 1997. He was a member of the Paullina and Cherokee Flying Clubs. He loved to travel, traveling to Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Spain, the Holy Land, and Romania (15 times). He enjoyed camping with his family, mechanical work on tractors and cars, flying his various planes, playing the trumpet and whistling. He had been a resident of Cherokee since 2004 and prior to this on a farm north of Cleghorn, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a son Dennis Skaggs and an infant brother Royal Skaggs.
He is survived by his wife Ardyce; 4 children: Diana (Jim) Johnson of St. John, Kansas; Mary Jo (Don) Riepe of Guthrie, Oklahoma; Lisa (Brian) Caldwell of Mapleton, Minnesota; Andy Skaggs and his fiance Shelby Lloyd of Cleghorn, Iowa; 3 step-children: Bill (Jill) Barritt of Cleghorn, Iowa; Carrie (Mike) Smeltzer of Cleghorn, Iowa; Jay (Aimee) Barritt of Cherokee, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; a daughter-in-law Bonnie Skaggs Prell and her husband Larry of Larrabee, Iowa; 5 step-grandchildren; one brother LeRoy Skaggs of Anchorage, Alaska.
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