Hazel Adams Skinner, our sweet mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at the Hearthstone Manor in Spanish Fork.


She was born in Parowan, Utah on November 1, 1918 and was the youngest of 14 children and last living child of Charles Davenport Adams and Mary Jane Whitney Adams. She grew up in Parowan, graduated, and attended LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. On August 22, 1941, she married Wallace Ivan Skinner in the Salt Lake Temple. They were happily married 46 years until his death in 1988. They raised their six children in Sunland, California, retired, and built their last home in Mapleton, Utah. A year later, their home burned to the ground. Being strong and resilient, they rallied and rebuilt. They served an LDS Spokane Washington Mission. Our mother loved sports, both playing and watching her brothers, as she grew up. She was an avid fan watching her own children play ball and could often be heard with a high pitch scream of excitement as she was cheering them on. She became a "true blue" BYU sports fan. She attended BYU basketball and football games for many years.


Hazel was very active in the LDS Church fulfilling many callings in her life. She was president and counselor of Relief Society, MIA, and Primary. She taught in all the organizations, sang in choir, and was a visiting teacher throughout all these years. She worked in the Provo Temple and was a member of DUP. She was a wonderful wife and mother. Her first priority was her family. She instigated family reunions, dinners, parties, and any activity to get family together. She published a family history book, a four-year work, for which we are all thankful. She was selfless in giving service to all around her. She took sisters to the temple. She supplied food or visits to those in need. She touched many lives with her kindnesses. Her example has been a great influence.


Our mother will be missed by her family: Eileen (Mike) Berntsen, Orem, UT; Paula (Dennis) Wadsworth, Hurricane, UT; Brett (Linda) Skinner, Las Vegas, Nevada; Kim (Susan) Skinner, Mapleton, UT; Kevin (Kathy) Skinner, Gilbert, Arizona; Shelley (Jerry) Scott, Mapleton, UT; 18 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, grandchild, Brandie, and 13 brothers and sisters. Her memory will always be in our hearts.


Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 12 Noon at the Mapleton 16th Ward Chapel, 1316 South Main Street in Mapleton. There will be a viewing held on Thursday, November 6th from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 82 West 400 North in Mapleton and at the Church on Friday one hour prior to the services.
Interment will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 11/5/2008.