Published: June 24, 2009 12:07 pm      

Hilda A. Kieth Owen Skaggs

Hilda A. Kieth Owen Skaggs, 81; of Otisco

Funeral services for Hilda A. Kieth Owen Skaggs, 81, of Otisco, will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at Garr Funeral Home, Sellersburg, with cremation to follow. She died Monday, June 22, 2009, at the University of Louisville Hospital.

She was a homemaker, a Baptist by faith and an avid collector of Elvis memorabilia. Her hobbies included sewing and raising roses.

She is survived by five generations: sons, Frank R. Owen and wife, Ina, of Jeffersonville, Daniel H. Owen, of New Albany and David H. Owen, of Jeffersonville; daughters, Nona Payne and husband, Stephen, of Underwood, Kathy Owen, of Otisco, Norma Owen Cash and husband, Richard, of Charlestown and Frances Owen Goforth and husband, Roger, of Jeffersonville; stepsons, Charles S. Skaggs and Eugene E. Skaggs; stepdaughters, Paula Skaggs Bryant and Linda Skaggs; brother, John “Sonny” Herald, of Troy, Ohio; 14 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Daniel Keith and Nona Thompson Keith; husbands, Gilbert R. Owen and Charles E. Skaggs; son, Gilbert Owen Jr.; brothers, Danny and Earl Keith; grandchildren, April and Holly Owen, Kevin and Jamie Schindler; and great-grandson, James Andrew Combs.

Visitation at the funeral home will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday. A graveside service will be held July 10 at the Scottsburg Cemetery.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of memorial contributions to Hosparus of Southern Indiana.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.garrfuneralservices.com.