Individual Details

John Alvin Skeen

(15 Jan 1912 - 26 Jan 1985)



2 Apr 1940 US Census. Honey Lake Twp, Lessen Co, CA, Hh 12
Nora Faulkner, 53, widow, b. KS - lived in same house in 1935
Gene, son, 19, b. CA
John Skeen, son-in-law, 27, b. AR - lived in Susanville, Lessen, CA in 1935, tailing laborer, factory
Janice Skeen, granddaughter, 4, b. CA
Betty Dixon (absent), granddaughter, 16, b. CA, lived in same house in 1935, household helper, private family

16 Oct 1940. World War II Draft Registration
John Alvin Skeen (address on 3rd St. Westwood, Lassen Co, CA marked out). He was 28, b. 15 Jan 1912 in Chester, Arkansas. Mrs. Maude Skeen, mother, of 261 Park St, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA would always know his address. Employed by the Red River Lumber Co., Westwood. 5'8" tall, 165 lb. gray eyes, blonde hair. Slight round scar on forehead. Written on the side is c/o Camp 10, FGS. Co. Susanville.

19 Oct 1942. John A Skeen of Lassen Co, CA, enlisted at Sacramento for service in the US Army. He had 3 years of high school; unskilled lumbermen, raftsman, woodchopper. Married. 5'8" tall. 166 lbs. Discharger 21 Oct 1945

Buried Eagle Point Natl. Cemetery, Eagle Point, Jackson Co, Oregon.
Military stone - he was a Tec4, US Army, Korea
Enlisted 2 Nov 1942; discharged 21 Oct 1945

Spouse was Eudora M. Skeen (1926-1972) She is buried Siskiyou Memorial Park, Medford, Jackson Co, Oregon.

Events

Birth15 Jan 1912Arkansas
Death26 Jan 1985Douglas County, Oregon
MarriageEudora Mae Thies

Families

SpouseEudora Mae Thies (1926 - 1972)
ChildCharles A. Skeen (1960 - 2020)
FatherJonathan Garfield Skeen (1881 - 1962)
MotherMaudie A Harrison (1889 - 1969)
SiblingCharley E. Skeen (1906 - 1920)
SiblingOlin Earnest Skeen (1907 - 1964)
SiblingEverett Erwin Skeen (1910 - 1995)
SiblingMildred Skeen (1914 - 1964)
SiblingRobert Thurman Skeen (1917 - 2004)
SiblingRosine Thelma Skeen (1923 - 2003)