San Joaquin-Santa Clara County CA Archives Obituaries.....Skaggs, L. Dale November 11, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vickie Stone VctrStV4U@aol.com November 15, 2005, 2:13 am Lodi News-Sentinel Nov 14, 2005 L. Dale Skaggs L. Dale Skaggs, 89, of Lodi died Nov. 11 in a Lodi hospital. He was born Jan. 1, 1916, in Hanover, Kan. Mr. Skaggs was raised in Hastings, Kan., where he married Margaret Crabtree on Sept. 16, 1939. They moved to California in the 1940s. In the 1950s, Mr. Skaggs was a surveyor who was instrumental in building the California Aqueduct. The couple returned to Kansas in the 1950s. He was a television and radio salesman until his retirement in 1985. After living briefly in the Bay Area, they moved to Lodi in 1985. Mr. Skaggs enjoyed crossword puzzles and tending to flowers in his yard. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Skaggs, of Lodi; daughters, Judy Haley, of Lodi, and Bonnie Skaggs, of Sunnyvale; four grandchildren and five great- grandchildren. A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home with Pastor Steve Opp of Temple Baptist Church officiating. Visitation will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Evergreen Chapel. Inurnment will be private. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/s/skaggs823gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb