1922
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2015
Rose M Skerratt
July 13, 1922 — May 8, 2015
Rose-Marie Skerratt, 92, of Boca Raton, Florida, formerly of Lowellville, Ohio, died on Friday, May 8, 2015 at St. Andrews North Retirement Community in Boca Raton.
Born on July 13, 1922 to James R. and Michelina Chutz of Lowellville, she was a graduate of Lowellville High School, where she was a keen student and salutatorian of the class of 1939.
She then enrolled in the Youngstown Hospital School of Nursing and Youngstown College, (now Youngstown State University). There she met her future husband, Ralph W. Skerratt, Jr., who was student council president, and a member of the college's first-ever football team. Later, he became a co-founder and eventual president, CEO, and chairman of Falcon Foundry Company in Lowellville.
They were married on August 2, 1943. A month later, as U.S. involvement in World War II intensified, they bid one another good-bye as Ralph shipped off to Europe on an Army troop ship. They were apart for twenty-seven months, during which time Rose-Marie completed her nurse's training, and became a Registered Nurse in 1944.
Mrs. Skerratt was a long-time member of the First Unitarian Church in Youngstown, the Youngstown Hospital Nurses' Alumnae, and the Youngstown Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary. In Lowellville, she was a founder and past chair of the Lowellville Summer Recreation Program, past president of the PTA, and belonged to the Lowellville Garden Club. She moved permanently to Boca Raton with her husband in 1994.
She leaves a son, William R. of Bernardsville, NJ; two grandchildren, Laura Shabazz of Bernardsville, NJ, and Brian Skerratt of Hong Kong; and one great-grandchild, Zoey Shabazz of Bernardsville. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph; a son, Robert Brian, who died in childhood; her parents; and James L. Chutz, her younger brother.
There will be no services or calling hours. Cremation will occur in Boca Raton, with a private burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boardman, Ohio. Donations in her name may be made to Trust Bridge Hospice, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33407.
Please visit www.beckerobits.com to send condolences.
Born on July 13, 1922 to James R. and Michelina Chutz of Lowellville, she was a graduate of Lowellville High School, where she was a keen student and salutatorian of the class of 1939.
She then enrolled in the Youngstown Hospital School of Nursing and Youngstown College, (now Youngstown State University). There she met her future husband, Ralph W. Skerratt, Jr., who was student council president, and a member of the college's first-ever football team. Later, he became a co-founder and eventual president, CEO, and chairman of Falcon Foundry Company in Lowellville.
They were married on August 2, 1943. A month later, as U.S. involvement in World War II intensified, they bid one another good-bye as Ralph shipped off to Europe on an Army troop ship. They were apart for twenty-seven months, during which time Rose-Marie completed her nurse's training, and became a Registered Nurse in 1944.
Mrs. Skerratt was a long-time member of the First Unitarian Church in Youngstown, the Youngstown Hospital Nurses' Alumnae, and the Youngstown Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary. In Lowellville, she was a founder and past chair of the Lowellville Summer Recreation Program, past president of the PTA, and belonged to the Lowellville Garden Club. She moved permanently to Boca Raton with her husband in 1994.
She leaves a son, William R. of Bernardsville, NJ; two grandchildren, Laura Shabazz of Bernardsville, NJ, and Brian Skerratt of Hong Kong; and one great-grandchild, Zoey Shabazz of Bernardsville. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph; a son, Robert Brian, who died in childhood; her parents; and James L. Chutz, her younger brother.
There will be no services or calling hours. Cremation will occur in Boca Raton, with a private burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boardman, Ohio. Donations in her name may be made to Trust Bridge Hospice, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33407.
Please visit www.beckerobits.com to send condolences.
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