Funeral services for Melody Skinner, 60, rural Lawrence, will be at 10 am Friday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Melody died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born Jan. 8, 1957, in Herington, Kan., the daughter of Victor R. and Marilyn J. Adams Will. She graduated from Lawrence High School in 1975. Mel was employed by Maupintour from 1974-1988, by LRM Industries from 1990-2009, and by Sunflower Paving from 2009-2014. She enjoyed traveling, camping, and spending time with family.
Melody married Ronald D. Skinner on Dec. 17, 1977. He survives of the home. Other survivors include a daughter, Amber Skinner, Lawrence; a son, Jeremy Skinner and wife Marci, Baldwin City; her mother, Marilyn Will and friend Max Lingenfelser, Lawrence; siblings Garth Will and wife Laura, Topeka, Tim Will, Lawrence, Victoria Will, Lawrence, Jamie Pettengill and husband Bill, Lawrence, and Jalayne Turner and husband Harold, Linwood; and four grandchildren, Tyler, Lawrence, and Brendan, Madysin, and Kinsley, Baldwin City. She was preceded in death by her father, Victor Will, a nephew, Jamie Lee Pettengill, her grandparents, and many aunts and uncles.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions are suggested to The National Stroke Association, in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.
