Arthur John Skidmore, Jr

Arthur John Skidmore, Jr. of Salt Lake City, Utah died peacefully on July 12, 2013. Art was born on June 18, 1918 in Salt Lake City, the youngest of three children of Arthur J. Skidmore and Alice Leone Wiscomb. He married Helen Glauser, his high school sweetheart and love of his life, on August 14, 1942 in Denver, Colorado (later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on May 6, 1996). At this time Art was serving as an officer in the United States Navy, assigned to the Naval Air Group in Corpus Christi, Texas. After World War II, Art and Helen raised their children in Salt Lake City where he had a successful career in the insurance industry with the Hartford and USF & G companies. Art loved golf, art, home and yard projects, music, and traveling with his wife Helen. He especially liked to visit his family and be included in their numerous activities: concerts, plays, recitals, trips to Lake Powell, weddings, and reunions.

Art is survived by daughters: Christi Heal (Robert) of Logan and Shelley Kendall (Mike) of Layton. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Helen Skidmore in 2007, and his son Stanley Skidmore (Kathy) in 2010, and older sisters Virginia Chytraus, and Helen Perkins.

Art will be long remembered by his family as "a kind, gentle, responsible, loyal, honest, quiet, thoughtful, respectful, and caring man."

The family expresses heartfelt thanks to the wonderful staff at Terrace Grove and Sunshine Terrace Hospice for the comfort and assistance they gave to Art and his family.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at Holbrook Mortuary, 3251 South 2300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, with a prior visitation from 10:00-10:45 am. Interment: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. To send messages to the family go to: www.HolbrookMortuary.com