Joanna Rebecca Ritter

Joanna married John Tucker. [Group Sheet]

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Died at Southside Hospital

Obituary - Mrs. Grace Skidmore, 83, formerly of Patchogue, died July 7 at Southside Hospital, Bay Shore. Born in Pennsylvania, she had lived in Patchogue 50 years. She retired from the Patchogue school system in 1959 after more than 20 years of service. She was the wife of the late Percy Monroe Skidmore.

Mrs. Skidmore attended Swarthmore College and held a permanent life certificate for teaching. Previous to teaching in Patchogue, Mrs. Skidmore taught for three years at West Orange, NJ, and four and a half years in Center Moriches. She was a substitute teacher in the Patchogue school system for 12 years in all grades from K-12. She taught full-time in the Patchogue Junior - Senior High School for 11 years.

She was past president of the Bay Avenue School PTA, past president of the Senior High School PTA and past president of the Patchogue Central Council, PTA; a former director of the Eastern Suffolk County PTA, and had served on the Long Island District Board of the PTA. She was a life member of the National Council of Parents and Teachers.

In the Junior High School she was an advisor to the first class that graduated and was a sponsor of the Tourist Club for several years. She was a member of the Patchogue Congregational Church and had been active in the Women's Fellowship and the Mission Study Group of the church.

Mrs. Skidmore is survived by a son, John M. of East Patchogue and four grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Ruland Funeral Home, Patchogue, the Rev. Kenneth A. Halstead officiating. Interment was in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue.

(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; Patchogue Advance, Jul 8, 1971, Page: 12; Patchogue Advance, Thursday, July 15, 1971, Page: 4)

Grace married Percy Monroe Skidmore 29 Jun 1918, New York City, New York, New York, United States. Percy (son of Henry M. Skidmore and Clara Jane Hawkins) was born 27 Apr 1892, East Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 11 Apr 1943, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Died at US Naval Hospital

Obituary - Mrs. Ruth Skidmore Fuchs, 34, of 52 Admiral Kalfus Road, Newport, R.I., died Monday at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Newport, after a short illness.
A former resident of Patchogue, Mrs. Fuchs had lived in Newport since 1949.
She is survived by her husband, Lieutanant Julius E. Fuchs, USN of Newport; a daughter, Judith Ann Fuchs, her mother, Mrs. P.M. Skidmore, of Patchogue, and a brother John Monroe of Patchogue.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the C.W. Ruland Sons Chapel, Patchogue, with the Rev. Stuart W. Van Cott, of the Patchogue Congregational Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue.
(Patchogue Advance, Thursday, February 17, 1955, Page: 4)

Ruth married Julius Edward Fuchs 23 Aug 1944, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States. Julius (son of Julius P. Fuchs and Isabel M. Sullivan) was born 17 May 1919, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States; died 18 Aug 2001. [Group Sheet]

John married Yvonne Hiter Parris. Yvonne (daughter of Roger L. Parris and Clella R.) was born 22 Jul 1924, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 22 Aug 2003, Lake Placid, Highlands, Florida, United States; was buried , Saint James Memorial Garden, Lake Placid, Highlands, Florida, United States. [Group Sheet]