Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SKENE

Ebel

Traub

Wilken

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE – January 12, 2002

Julia R. Skene

March 13, 1923 - Jan. 10, 2002

Julia R. (Wilken) Skene, 78, formerly of Mishawaka, died at 2:45 p.m. Thursday in Fountainview Place, Mishawaka.

Julia Wilken was born in Mishawaka on March 13, 1923, and had lived in this area most of her life.

She retired from First National Bank after several years of service. Julia was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church.

Julia married Julius E. Skene in Mishawaka on February 14, 1970. He died January 22, 1994. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Wilber and Julia (Ebel) Wilken.

Surviving Mrs. Skene are a stepdaughter, Linda Traub of South Carolina; two stepsons, Greg Skene of Atlanta, Georgia, Mark Skene of Niles, Michigan; seven grandchildren and three brothers, Richard and Louis Wilken, both of Mishawaka and Wilber Wilken of St. Joseph, Michigan.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, January 13 in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main Street, Mishawaka. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 10 a.m. on Monday, with Rev. Kenneth Mangelsdorf officiating. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter Lutheran Church.