Independent Enterprise
January 22, 1953
Charles Skippen, 88, Funeral Services To Be Held Thursday
The funeral services for Charles Skippen, 88, of Ontario, will be held in the chapel of Beechler’s in Ontario at 2 p.m. Thursday. Interment will be at Riverside cemetery.
Mr. Skippen passed away at his home Monday evening, January 19, and was a resident of this area for 49 years, coming from Ontario, Canada, where he was born September 28, 1864. He was a member of the Christian church in Ontario. Mr. Skippen lived in the Willow Creek area from 1904 to 1918 before moving to Ontario.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Angelina Skippen, of Ontario, one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Ayers of Council, two sons, George A. of Sweet, Idaho and Errett, of Portland, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.