Obituary: Wanda Neil (Skidmore) Huffman

Wanda went home to be with the Lord on Aug. 24, 2010, she died in Palisade from lymphoma cancer.
Wanda was born Oct. 9, 1931, in Electra, Texas, to Doc and Nettie Skidmore. She married Aldan Huffman on June 17, 1950. They have two sons Byron and Michael. After they moved to Colorado, she became a CNA and worked at Pioneers Hospital for many years.
Wanda loved to feed and watch hummingbirds, photography, fishing, hunting, cooking and being with family. She is survived by her husband of 60 years Al Huffman, her two sons Byron and wife Brenda and Mike and wife Amy, six grandchildren: Jimmie (Melissa) Huffman, Lucas (Cassie) Huffman, Jeremy Huffman, Jennifer (Charles) Kline, Ashley Stokes and Travis (Jess) Stout, and eight wonderful great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents Doc and Nettie and a brother, Buddy Skidmore. Memorial contributions can be made at the First National Bank of the Rockies in Wanda’s name. There will be a life celebration for her friends and family in October.