John Skirlo Walkinshaw
1909 - 1978 (68 years)-
Name John Skirlo Walkinshaw Born 9 Nov 1909 Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 21 Aug 1978 Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming [1, 2] Buried Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming [1] Person ID I1340 McKeown Last Modified 17 Aug 2023
Father William James Walkinshaw, b. 30 Oct 1880, Saint Bernard, Platte County, Nebraska , d. 17 Nov 1962, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska (Age 82 years) Mother Magdalena Skirlo, b. 16 Mar 1882, Akron, Tuscola County, Michigan , d. 25 Sep 1969, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska (Age 87 years) Married 23 Oct 1908 Unionville, Tuscola County, Michigan Family ID F559 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Elisabeth Moore, b. 10 Sep 1914, Lisbon, Saint Lawrence County, New York , d. 7 Sep 2010, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 95 years) Last Modified 27 Nov 2021 Family ID F561 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 9 Nov 1909 - Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska 
Died - 21 Aug 1978 - Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming 
Buried - - Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - John Skirlo Walkinshaw, long-time Douglas resident, died August 21, 1978 following a short illness. He was born Nov. 9, 1909 at Nelson, Nebraska, the son of Lennie Walkinshaw and William J. Walkinshaw. Skirlo graduated from Nelson, Nebraska High School and attended Sterling College, Sterling, Kansas for three years and graduated from Geneva College, Beaver Fall, Pennsylvania in 1931 with a B.S. degree. He married Elisabeth Moore on Dec. 31, 1937 at Lisbon, New York and to this union were born three children, David Skirlo, of Mesa, Arizona; Jonathan Moore of Douglas and Arvilla Copeland of North Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Walkinshaw began teaching in Converse County schools in 1932 at the old Laramie View School northeast of Douglas. He later taught in rural schools for five years before moving into Douglas where he taught at the high school level until he retired in 1975. During the last few years of teaching, he taught grandchildren of some of the students whom he had instructed when he first began his teaching career. Walkinshaw served in the United States Army from August of 1943 until October of 1945 and spent a total of 20 months in the European Theatre. He served with combat engineers in General Patton's Third Army and received an honorable discharge. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget, August 31, 1978 by Betty Alberts, FAG member #47293729.)
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- John Skirlo Walkinshaw, long-time Douglas resident, died August 21, 1978 following a short illness. He was born Nov. 9, 1909 at Nelson, Nebraska, the son of Lennie Walkinshaw and William J. Walkinshaw. Skirlo graduated from Nelson, Nebraska High School and attended Sterling College, Sterling, Kansas for three years and graduated from Geneva College, Beaver Fall, Pennsylvania in 1931 with a B.S. degree. He married Elisabeth Moore on Dec. 31, 1937 at Lisbon, New York and to this union were born three children, David Skirlo, of Mesa, Arizona; Jonathan Moore of Douglas and Arvilla Copeland of North Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Walkinshaw began teaching in Converse County schools in 1932 at the old Laramie View School northeast of Douglas. He later taught in rural schools for five years before moving into Douglas where he taught at the high school level until he retired in 1975. During the last few years of teaching, he taught grandchildren of some of the students whom he had instructed when he first began his teaching career. Walkinshaw served in the United States Army from August of 1943 until October of 1945 and spent a total of 20 months in the European Theatre. He served with combat engineers in General Patton's Third Army and received an honorable discharge. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget, August 31, 1978 by Betty Alberts, FAG member #47293729.)
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