Heather Skinner, age 29 of Yale, SD, formerly of Huron, passed away Friday, June 22, 2018 at her residence in Yale.
Her funeral service will be at 2:00 PM, July 2, 2018 at the Welter Funeral Home in Huron, SD with burial at the Riverside Cemetery in Huron. Visitation, with the family present, will be from 12:00 PM until the time of the service on Monday.
Heather Lynn Skinner, the daughter of Gregory Skinner, Sr. and Lynnett Erickson-Gross, was born on December 9, 1988 in North Platte, NE. She attended Huron High School and received her GED. Heather worked as a waitress at Ida May's, a desk clerk at the Crossroads, and as an inspector at LSI.
Heather was very loving, thoughtful and sweet. She was always willing to lend a helping hand and her door was always open to those who needed help. She enjoyed reading, traveling, horses, shopping and reading horoscopes. She loved her kids, they were the center of her life.
Grateful for having shared in Heather's life are her three children: Jaiden, Jace, and Journey Skinner; mother Lynnett (Bill) Gross of Huron; father, Gregory (friend, Deb) Skinner, Sr., of North Platte, NE.; brothers, David Erickson of California and Gregory Skinner, Jr. of Sioux Falls; several step-brothers; nieces Jorey Skinner and nephew Erik Skinner; As well as several aunts and uncles.
Heather was preceded in death by her grandparents; Shirley & Herman Reineke, Marlene and Ivan Koch, Marvin Skinner, and Andrew Erickson; her aunt, Lurean McKenna.