James Skaggs Obituary

James E. Skaggs was born in Bismarck on October 27, 1938 a son to Louis and Macie (nee Lewis) Skaggs. He died on September 2, 2024 at Mercy Hospital-South at the age of 85. He is survived by his wife Mary Virginia "Ginny" (nee Weiss) Skaggs, De Soto; one daughter Dina (Marshall) Miller, De Soto; one son Todd (Julie) Skaggs, De Soto; three grandchildren: Grant Miller, Luke (Tristian) Skaggs and Morgan Skaggs; two great grandchildren: Ryleigh Skaggs and Reece Skaggs; one sister Ann Honerkamp, Fredericktown; one brother Rick (Gale) Skaggs, Oxford, GA and a sister in law Janet Skaggs, Doe Run. He is preceded in death by his parents; a sister LaDon Webster; a brother Charles Skaggs and two brothers in law: Joe Honerkamp and Sam Webster. Jim had retired as a forklift driver for St. Louis Refrigerator Car. After his retirement he worked for Masterchem and served as a volunteer with the Hillsboro Food Pantry. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially hunting and was a fan of the St. Louis Baseball Cardinals. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made to the Hillsboro Food Pantry, P.O. Box 168, Hillsboro, MO 63050 Funeral Webcast Photo Slideshow