Hazel Marie Skinner

Hazel married Alden Skinner July 31, 1949 at the First Christian Church in Cimarron. The couple farmed in Finney County and later in Gray County. Their children attended Theoni School and that was when Hazel started driving a school bus for USD 457. Later they moved to Garden City where she drove a school bus for thirteen years and was active in the Garden Valley Church. In 1979 they moved to Denver, Colorado, where, at ½ a century, she started working for National Cable Television Institute and Quantum Communications. After twenty years there, she and Al retired back to Garden City.

Ten years later, multiple myeloma took her back to Colorado for treatment. The cancer went into remission, but this time they stayed there, first at Parker, Colorado and then in Colorado Springs in the foothills below Pikes Peak.

Hazel is survived by her four sons and wives: David and Neva Skinner of Moline, IL; Ed and Becky Skinner of Coolidge, AZ; Dale and Karen of Colorado Springs, CO; Dan and Debra of Meridian, ID. Two daughters and husbands: Carol and Curt Kuhns of Wayland, IA; Karen and Kevin Sweeney of Canon City, CO. There are 16 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren; a brother, Harvey and his wife Sally Harris of Palisade, CO; a brother-in-law, John Skinner of Casper, WY; a sister-in-law, Eleonore Harris of Longmont, CO; many nieces and nephews, relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Al, who passed away in September of 2017; her parents, Bland and Frieda Harris; a brother, Owen Harris; a sister, Alma Adams; four sisters-in-law, Gertrude Harris, Joanne Harris, Erma Skinner, and Marcella Skinner; two brothers-in-law, Arlo Skinner and Van Adams; one niece and two nephews.

A Visitation will be held from 2:00PM-3:00PM on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at Swan-Law Funeral Directors, 501 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903.

A Celebration of Life is to follow at 3:30PM on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at Brookdale Skyline, building 3, first floor in the Skyline Room, 2365 Patriot Hts., Colorado Springs, CO 80904.

Hazel will be laid to rest at Olinger Cemetery - Crown Hill, 7777 W 29th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.Swan-Law.com for the Skinner family.