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- Niagara Gazette - 8/22/1944
Edmond J. Skimin. 69. of 539 Memorial
parkway, a locomotive engi-
neer for the New York Central rail-
road company, died last evening at
Mount St. Mary's hospital. He had
suffered a stroke ln Syracuse. N. Y..
on June 8 and had been bedridden
since that time.
Born near Thorold, Ont.. Mr.
Skimin came to this city shortly before
the turn of the century and
was first associated with the old
IRC trolley line between this received a
city and Buffalo. He Joined the em-
ploy of the New York Central In
1904 and was engineer on the Twen-
tieth Century Limited between Buf-
falo and Syracuse before his illness.
He was a member of St. Mary's of
the Cataract church and the Holy
Name society of that church. He was
also a member of the Knights of
columbus and of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Enginemen and Fireman
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, serving as chief engineer
of the latter organization when it
was first formed in this city several
years ago.
He is survived by his wife, Anna
C. Skimin, and by two sons, Edmond
J. Jr., and Francis J. all of this
city and by four brothers, William
a., Jacob V., Andrew J. of this city
and George J. of Detroit, Mich., and
five sisters, Mrs. George V. Allen, of
Mount Vernon, N.Y., Mrs. William
Monan, of Blaisdell, N.Y., Mrs.
Mrgaret Caher, of Buffalo, Mrs.
Mary Landers, of Buffalo and Mrs.
Richard Monan, of this city. Two
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral arrangements will be an-
nounced later.
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Abt 1875 - 1944 (69 years)