In Memoriam Shirley Ester Skinner, 106 October 17, 1915 – February 16, 2022 Ms. Shirley E. Skinner SCHENEVUS - Ms. Shirley Ester Skinner, 106, passed away peacefully in her home in Schenevus, NY, on February 16, 2022. She was born on her family farm on Badeau Hill, in Westford in the Town of Maryland, NY. She is the descendant of Pierre Badeau who homesteaded in the area in the 1700’s. Shirley is predeceased by her father, Stanley Wing Skinner, her…
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READ REST OF ARTICLE Shirley Skinner, 100, Profiled in Cosmopolitan Shirley Skinner (Photo Credit: Kathleen Kampahusen) SCHENEVUS – At 100 years old, Shirley Skinner told Cosmopolitan magazine that she clearly remembered a time when she couldn't vote. "[As a child, I remember when] it was coming out that the women were going to get the right to vote. I was in the barn with the hired man, and [he] and Dad were talking, “Oh, it’s going to be the end…
