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Catherine M. Skinder

January 23, 1954 - May 21, 2017

Catherine Mary Skinder, 63, died in her Chicago home on Sunday, May 21st. She was born in Elmhurst, IL on January 23, 1954 and lived on the southside of Chicago before moving to Evanston and graduating from Evanston Township High School. Her father was Joseph Reiling and her mother is Betty Weld. Catherine (or Cathy, as she usually went by) settled in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago when she married Dennis Skinder in 1978 and had two sons with him. Cathy loved to sing and laugh, and she loved to take her autistic son, Steven, for walks to the park. Cathy is survived by her husband Dennis, her sons Sean and Steven, her mother Betty, and her siblings Mark, Matthew, Daniel, Mary (McLaughlin), Rebecca, Bernard , and Augustine Roddy. Visitation services will be held at St Gertrude's Church at 10am on Tuesday, May 30, followed by 11am mass and funeral procession to Maryhill Cemetery.

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Catherine Mary Skinder, 63, died in her Chicago home on Sunday, May 21st. She was born in Elmhurst, IL on January 23, 1954 and lived on the southside of Chicago before moving to Evanston and graduating from Evanston Township High School. Her... View Obituary & Service Information

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