In Memory Of
Kerry F. Skidmore
1948
2017
Kerry F. Skidmore
January 7, 1948 — December 14, 2017
Kerry F. Skidmore, 69, of Cheyenne, passed away December 14th in Cheyenne.
Born January 7, 1948 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado where he met and married his soulmate, Val, of 44 years.
Kerry received his Masters from BYU in Library Science with a minor in Russian History and served honorably in the US Coast Guard, 1967-1971.
He was currently the Curator at the Cheyenne Depot Museum, previously a Medical Librarian at the VA for 30 years and St. Mark’s in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Kerry’s hobbies included trains, photography, models, the history of the Titanic. He was an author, fly fisherman and a world traveler, just returning from Australia and New Zealand.
He is survived by his wife, Val; sister, Querida (Joe) Slaughenhoupt; in-laws, Col. Frank F. Shelby Sr., US Army Ret. (Angel); Robin Cooper, and Frank (Kathleen) Shelby, Jr.; nieces and nephew, Erin, Evan, and Emma Shelby and his beloved cats, Worf and Chewy.
Kerry was preceded in death by his parents, Earl “Skid” and Ann Skidmore.
Life Commemoration services will be 5:00 p.m., Tuesday at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Kerry’s memory to American Heart Association, Wounded Warriors, or Cheyenne Depot Museum.
Born January 7, 1948 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado where he met and married his soulmate, Val, of 44 years.
Kerry received his Masters from BYU in Library Science with a minor in Russian History and served honorably in the US Coast Guard, 1967-1971.
He was currently the Curator at the Cheyenne Depot Museum, previously a Medical Librarian at the VA for 30 years and St. Mark’s in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Kerry’s hobbies included trains, photography, models, the history of the Titanic. He was an author, fly fisherman and a world traveler, just returning from Australia and New Zealand.
He is survived by his wife, Val; sister, Querida (Joe) Slaughenhoupt; in-laws, Col. Frank F. Shelby Sr., US Army Ret. (Angel); Robin Cooper, and Frank (Kathleen) Shelby, Jr.; nieces and nephew, Erin, Evan, and Emma Shelby and his beloved cats, Worf and Chewy.
Kerry was preceded in death by his parents, Earl “Skid” and Ann Skidmore.
Life Commemoration services will be 5:00 p.m., Tuesday at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Kerry’s memory to American Heart Association, Wounded Warriors, or Cheyenne Depot Museum.
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