SKELTON, Mary C. Dobbs - Putnam

Mrs. Mary C. Skelton, age 86, formerly of the Mill Creek neighborhood, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Alexander, in Terre Haute, last Thursday. Funeral services were held at the Mill Creek church, Saturday morning, and interment was in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Skelton was born a daughter of Hugh and Lucy Dobbs, and spent the greater part of her life in Putnam County. She attended old Asbury College, now DePauw University, and taught school a number of years. February 14, 1879, she married Milo D. Skelton, who preceded her January 14, 1934. She was a member of the Mill Creek Baptist church.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Alexander of Terre Haute, and Mrs. Grace Carter of Coatesville, and one foster son, Robert Marsh, of Greentown.