Skott, Camilla M.

SKOTT, SCHNECKLOTH, OWEN

Posted By: Carol (email)
Date: 1/3/2007 at 11:05:28

MAQUOKETA — Camilla M. Skott, 91, of Maquoketa, Iowa, died Friday at Clover Ridge Place, Maquoketa.

Burial will be in Buckhorn Cemetery, rural Maquoketa.

She was born Dec. 23, 1915, in Jackson County to Hiland C. and Anna Helena Schneckloth Owen. She married Oskar T. Skott on Aug. 14, 1943, in Davenport. He died in 1998.

She was educated in rural Jackson County country schools.

She was a homemaker and farmed with her husband on the Skott family farm.

She was a member of the United Church of Christ, Maquoketa. She also was a member of the Merry Knitters, Maquoketa Garden Club, Buckhorn Community Club and a local painting club.

Survivors include sons, Owen Skott of Maquoketa and Craig Skott of Mason City; two brothers, George (Lorraine) Owen of Maquoketa and Louis Owen of Salem, Ore.; one sister-in-law, Ernestine Owen of Maquoketa; and many nieces and nephews.

A Camilla M. Skott Memorial Fund has been established.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one sister and three brothers.

Source: Clinton Herald; Clinton, Iowa
Death date: Dec. 29, 2006