Bud Skeels

GRANT— Bud Skeels, 75, long-time Grant businessman, died Dec. 4, 1998, at Perkins County Community Hospital in Grant. He was born on Jan. 14, 1923, in Omaha to Thomas and Bessie Boytes Skeels. He attended school in Omaha and graduated from Omaha South High School.
 

He married Vota Weckworth at Papillion on Jan. 5, 1942. They farmed for a brief time in Kansas before returning to Omaha where he drove a truck for Safeway. In 1950, they moved to North Platte where he helped manage the Safeway store. In 1962 he bought Gauger’s Store in Grant and it became Skeels Jack and Jill. In 1972, he purchased the Imperial Jack and Jill store.

Mr. Skeels had been active in community activities and especially enjoyed square dancing.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Nate (Linda) of Grant and Dave and his fiancee Connie Weber of Brandon; three grandsons and a great granddaughter.

A memorial to the Grant Senior Citizens Center has been established.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Grant United Methodist Church with Pastor Mark Hunter officiating. Burial will be in the Grant Cemetery.

Bullock-Long Funeral Home in Grant is in charge.