Shirley Kathryn Skinner, 87, of Lawrence, KS, died Saturday, August 3, 2024 at Pioneer Ridge Health and Rehab following a brief illness.
She was born December 21, 1936 in Lecompton, the daughter of Fred and Alice Carlson. She graduated from Lecompton High School in 1954.
She married Thomas Skinner on March 4, 1955 in Lecompton, Kansas. She worked at Hallmarks, Capital Truck Lines and Watson Brothers Truck Lines as a secretary prior to starting her family and becoming a homemaker. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her daughter, Carol Stevenson, and her sons, Robert and Ronald Skinner, all of Lecompton; three grandchildren Timothy McLees, Sarah Hall and Ryan Skinner, and seven great- grandchildren. She was expecting her first great-great-grandchild in December.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her brother, Harold Carlson.
No services are planned.
