Phelps-Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Skiles, Marguerite Elaine Johnson November 24, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Dec. 1, 2010
Marguerite Elaine (Johnson) Skiles, 81, of Arvada, Colo., formerly of 
Holdrege, died Wednesday, Nov.24, 2010 at Lakewood, Colo.  

Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, Dec.1, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the 
First Presbyterian Church in Holdrege with the Rev. Dr. W. Kirwin Stewart, 
Jr., officiating.  Interment will be held at Prairie Home Cemetery in 
Holdrege.  

Visitation was Tuesday, Nov. 30, with the family greeting friends at the 
Nelson Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege.

She was born on March 9, 1929, the fourth of five children born to Lawrence 
Frederick and Hazel Florence (Wall) Johnson in a small farm outside of 
Atlanta.  Marguerite was baptized at the First Presbyterian Church in 
Holdrege.  She lived in the Atlanta area and began her education at 
Esterbrooke Elementary School. The family moved to Holdrege in 1936, where she 
attended District No. 56 School of Phelps County and then Holdrege High 
School, graduating in 1946.  

On Nov. 17, 1946, Marguerite was united in marriage to Howard K. Skiles. They 
had three children:  Keith, born June 8, 1949, Greg, born Oct. 16, 1953 and 
Kirk, born Oct. 9, 1956.  She was a homemaker providing a safe and loving home 
for their three children.  Marguerite and her family lived all over Nebraska 
including Holdrege, Scottsbluff, Kearney and Lexington.  She was a charter 
member of Holdrege Elks Auxiliary. Marguerite helped Howard in the businesses 
they owned including the Cozy Inn Café in Holdrege and another small café in 
downtown Kearney. 

In 1980, Marguerite and Howard moved to Arvada.  It was there that Howard 
managed the Arvada Elks Lodge and Marguerite was an active member of the 
Arvada Ladies Elks.  Following Howard’s retirement, they continued to be 
active in the Arvada community and had many friends and relatives in the 
area.  She was a member of Arvada Presbyterian Church.

Marguerite is survived by her sons, Greg Skiles of Arvada and Kirk Skiles of 
Lincoln; her grandchildren, Jessica Skiles of Arvada, Casey Skiles of Jackson, 
Wyo., Austin Skiles of Chicago, Ill., Nicholas Skiles of Portland, Ore., Caleb 
Skiles of Lincoln and Elizabeth Skiles of Kearney; sister-in-law, Marlene 
Johnson of Holdrege; brothers-in-law, Gerald (Barbara) Skiles of Scottsbluff, 
Al Gardine of Arvada, Leo Slade of North Glenn, Colo., and a host of other 
relatives and friends

Marguerite is preceded in death by her husband, Howard; her son, Keith; her 
parents; her brothers, Clarence Johnson and his wife, Evelyn, Lavern Johnson 
and his wife, Jo, Cloyd Johnson and Raymond Johnson; sister-in-law, JoAnn 
Slade and brother-in-law, Kenneth Skiles and his wife, Eleanor.

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