Bertha E. Skidgel
Skidgel, Bertha E., 91, MAPLETON, in VAN BUREN, February 13, 2010. Spring interment will take place at Southside Cemetery, Mapleton. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan Graves Funeral Home.
MAPLETON – Bertha E. Skidgel, 91, passed away Saturday February 13, 2010, at a Van Buren Nursing Home. She was born September 4, 1918, in Castle Hill, the daughter of William C. and Bertha I. (Richardson) Boyles.
Bertha graduated from Mapleton High School in 1937. For many years, she worked as a bookkeeper for Singer Company on Main St. in Presque Isle, as well as Converse Shoe.
Bertha loved the outdoors, especially fishing. She would take her pole and bait and fish at Realty Road, Pinkham Road, Fish River Falls, or wherever she could drop a line. She was also fond of the drives her and her son Geoff would take in the fall and admire all the changes in trees and landscape. Bertha was a beautiful seamstress and enjoyed crocheting. She loved her family dearly and will be missed by them.
She is survived by a son Geoffrey P. Skidgell and his wife Susan of Mapleton, four daughters: Norma Rockwell of Old Town; Jean Paradis and her husband Roland of Bristol, CT; Barbara Clark and her husband Edward of Ashland; and Shirley Chesnutt and her husband Charles of Brunswick. She also leaves behind a brother Arthur Boyles of Castle Hill, 19 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and a special great-great-grandson Kyler Clark and a special friend Vivian Anderson.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Cecil N. Skidgel, three brothers: Rueben, Wallace, Bud, and four sisters: Captolia, Hazel, Martha, and Viola.
Funeral services were conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle with Pastor Nathan Gardiner officiating. Friends called from 1 p.m. until time of service. Following the service, refreshments were offered in the reception area of the funeral home. Committal services will take place in the spring at Southside Cemetery in Mapleton. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make donations in her memory to the Mapleton Fire Company, P.O. Box 500, Mapleton, ME 04757. Arrangements in care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com.
