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Mary Alice (Buhl) Skinner, 91, passed away surrounded by her family at her home in Hayden, Idaho on May 22, 2021. She was born in Ritzville, Wash. on April 30, 1930 joining her brother, Robert as the children of Arthur and Celina Buhl.

She attended school in Ritzville. Before her senior year ended she had completed all of her requirements to graduate as the Valedictorian and secured a job as a legal secretary for Miller & Miller law Offices.

She met her future husband Richard W. Skinner at the tender age of 6 and finally married him on April 15,1950. They welcomed a daughter Linda Sue on M...