The Rev. Debbie Low-Skinner reported that her husband Donald Skinner passed away at age 85 on December 7, 2016.
He was a retired urban planner, having worked during his long career in Detroit, Chicago, Boston, and in the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the past few years, he had been coping with Parkinson's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.
His funeral was held on January 6, 2017 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Los Gatos, CA, with The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus (Diocesan Bishop of California) as the Celebrant and the Very Rev. David Bird (Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in San Jose,CA) as assisting clergy.
Rest eternal grant to him, O Lord
And let light perpetual shine upon him
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Mother Debbie served in the Diocese of Long Island at congregations in Garden City and in North Bellmore.
