Susie Skinner

On December 14th 2014 Susan (Susie) Lee Skinner passed away peacefully in her sleep after losing her fight with pancreatic cancer.  Susie was 60 years old. Susie was born in Fallon, Nevada on July 29th, 1954.  She was born to Selma Lee Skinner and Darrell Howard Skinner.  She joined an older sister, Lynda.  Since their father was in the Navy they traveled to many places in the United States until they retired to Helena, Montana.  Susie went through high school special needs classes and several years later moved to Dillon, Montana to the Group Home.  She had as many as three jobs at a time and loved meeting new people.  Everyone was her friend and greeted her when they saw her. When the Kambich Group home was built, Susan was fortunate enough to be able to move into a brand new space.  She loved her life there and was very fond of all her roommates and the staff.  Susie could put together any size jigsaw puzzle and spent many hours of enjoyment at that task.  She loved the color red, and her wardrobe definitely proved that.  She also loved everything western.  She loved going to rodeos and watching them on her T.V.  She loved to dance! Susie was preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents, her father, her mother, and many aunts and uncles.  She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Lynda and Gregg Labatte of Froid, Mt: her nephew Grant (Laura) Labatte and children Tanner, Haley and Sydney; niece Sabrina Labatte and her children Tristan and Payton.  She is also survived by one aunt, Emogene Boslaugh of Eureka, MT and many cousins, including Yogi and Janet Fjeseth and family from Dillon where she spent many holiday.  She considered her roommates and staff at the Kambich Group home her family and is survived by them as well. Memorial services will be held in Dillon, Montana at the Funeral Home on Saturday December 20th at 1:00 PM with burial at a later date in Froid, MT next to her mother. Memorial contributions can be sent to:  BSW Inc., Kambich Group Home, 612 Highland, Dillon, MT  59725.