Lilly Marie Skinner, 72, died peacefully at Pacific Hills Manor
April 6, from the effects of cancer.
Lilly Marie Skinner, 72, died peacefully at Pacific Hills Manor April 6, from the effects of cancer.
Marie, as she was affectionately known by friends and associates, was born March 3, 1932, in San Francisco, and had spent the last 25 years of her life in Morgan Hill.
She recently became Assemblyman John Laird’s alternate on the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee, was a member of the South County Democratic Club, a Morgan Hill City Hall volunteer, member of Council on Aging, Senior Advisory Committee, Madrone Mobile Estates Activity Committee volunteer, assisted with city Redevelopment Agency campaigns, was a longtime supporter of Dungeon of Fear (a local Halloween attraction) and donated a great deal of her time to helping underprivileged and troubled children through various community organizations including Community Solutions, Community Action Group, ChildSpree and Toys for Tots. Marie also was an LVN (a nurse).
A Certificate of Recognition will be read by Mayor Dennis Kennedy at the April 21, City Council meeting. Family and friends are invited to the meeting or watch the presentation at 7 p.m. on Charter Cable Channel 17.
Marie is survived by daughters Kathryn Marie Fuerstenberg of Big Bear; Denise Cadwell of Belmont; Jody (Deborah) Summers of Ojai; sons Robert Paul Skinner of Granada Hills and Chetly Skinner of Simi Valley; grandchildren Patrick and Deborah Fuerstenberg, Robert and Tanner Parrot, Jason Abdalla and Jeremy Skinner of Southern California; and David Fuerstenberg, Mallory and Clayton Cadwell of Northern California; and eight great-grandchildren.
Marie requested that her body be donated to Stanford University School of Medicine.
Family and friends are invited to celebrate Marie’s life at the Morgan Hill Community Center’s El Toro Room Saturday, April 24, at 4 p.m. The event will be a potluck and attendees are requested to bring finger food, along with their own place settings.
