Alice M. Skinner, Age 91, passed away at Luther Manor on Saturday, April 6, 2019 surrounded by her loving family.

A Funeral Mass will be offered at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church on Wednesday, April 10 at 10 AM. Father Paul Attah-Nsiah will be presiding. A visitation will be held at the Hoffmann Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 3860 Asbury Road on Tuesday, April 9 from 3 PM to 7 PM, where a Prayer service will be given at 2:30 PM.

Alice was born on August 26, 1927 to her parents, Ralph and Corrine (Rapp) Howe. She was a graduate of Dubuque Senior High School in 1945. She married the love of her life Eugene Skinner on October 5, 1946 at Nativity Catholic Church in Dubuque. She was employed by the J. J. Hohnecker Company as a secretary and was also a loving mother to her eight children. She was a member of the Dubuqueland Women’s Bowling Association for 24 years in which she served as the Vice President and was the secretary for 4 years as well as a member of their Hall of Fame. She was also involved in the Iowa State Young American Bowling Alliance and served as the secretary-treasurer for 5 years. Alice was Past President and secretary of the Women’s Local 94 Auxiliary.

Those who are left to cherish her memory are her husband of 72 years Eugene Skinner; her children, Connie (Don) Riedl, of Dubuque, IA, Barbara (Jerry) Hawbaker, of Cherokee Village, AR, Marsha (Pat) Corken, of Dubuque, Marla (Ken) Cruise, Dubuque, William Skinner, Dubuque, Gail (Dennis) Hayes, Dubuque, Paul Skinner, Dubuque, and Stacy (Tim) Vath, of Greer, SC; 24 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; five step-grandchildren, 19 step-great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Mary Pauley, of Burton, WI, and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her parents, eight sisters, Dorothy Finch, Myra Becke, Elaine Dade, Regina Flick, June Welter, Virginia Hillary, Janet Burd, Joan Gordon; one brother, Ralph Howe; brothers-in-law, Chuck Finch, Chris Becke, Russell Dade, Merv Flick, LeRoy Welter, Jim Burd, Matthew Gordon, Dale Hillary; and two sisters-in-law, Muriel Howe and Ruth Blindert.

An Alice M. Skinner memorial fund has been established.

The family wishes to give thank-you to the staffs at the Hospice of Dubuque and Luther Manor.