Hope Iva Skinner

Glen Arbor - Hope Iva Skinner, 90, of Glen Arbor Township passed away August 27, 2012 at Munson Medical Center

Hope was born on November 1, 1921 in Minneapolis, MN to the late Edward and Alberta (Whittier) Sylvester.

Hope graduated from Providence Hospital School of Nursing where she earned her RN and worked in the Emergency Room.
On July 29, 1943 she married Floyd Skinner, a Navy Officer, in Detroit. While living in Indiana, she was active with her church Altar Society and Christmas Bazaar. She loved to play bridge, golf and was very creative with crafts. Hope was a fantastic cook, and was instrumental in teaching her children homemaking skills. During retirement Hope and Floyd enjoyed travelling to Alabama during the winter months. In later years, she was a member of St. Philip Neri Church in Empire. In her spare time she enjoyed quilting and was a member of the Bay Village Quilting Club.

Hope is survived by her children Nadine (Terrence) Byrne of Glen Arbor Township, Karen Szukalski of Camp Hill Pennsylvania, Denise (Barry) Bennett of Empire, and James Skinner of Albuquerque, NM, sisters Sylvia Clark of Detroit, and Lois (Dr. John) Olinger of St. Cloud, MN,; nine grandchildren, Gary (Katie Brenner) Byrne, Kenneth (Elaine) Byrne, Jonathan (Jenny) Byrne, Christopher (Amy) Loftus, Amy (Timothy Lawler) Loftus, Annette Loftus, Bradford (Soo) Loftus, Patrick Doherty, and Beth Doherty; nine great grandchildren Jacob Byrne, Isabella Byrne, Eleanor Byrne, Floyd Silas Byrne, Eric Loftus, Elizabeth Loftus, John Loftus, Shane Lawler, and Reid Lawler; step grandchildren Gary (Laurie) Szukalski and Donnajean Szukalski, and step great-grandchildren Joshua, Aaron, Sarah, and Luke Szukalski.

Visitation for family and friends will be held at St. Philip Neri on Friday, August 31, 2012 from 4 to 6 pm, with the rosary to be prayed at 6:00 pm.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday September 1, 2012 at St. Philip Neri in Empire.

Memorial contributions in memory of Hope may be directed to the American Lung Association; 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation; 355 Lexington Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10017, American Heart Association 7272 Greenville Ave. Dallas, TX 75231 or the Susan G. komen Foundation P. O. Box 650309 Dallas, TX 75265-0309.