Evelyn (Starr) Skiddell, a lifelong resident of Chelsea, entered into eternal rest on July 11, 2008 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was 79 years old & the beloved wife of 59 years to Jack Skiddell.
Born in the Roxbury section of Boston, Mrs. Skiddell was the daughter of the late Joseph & Sarah (Tenovsky) Starr. She was raised & educated in Chelsea where she graduated from Chelsea High School. For many years she was employed as a cashier for the Stop & Shop Company in their Chelsea supermarkets. Mrs. Skiddell’s true vocation & love was being a cherished wife, mother, & grandmother. In addition to her devotion to her family, she also enjoyed playing Mah Jong & bridge, watching game shows, & camping. She was a longtime member of the Orange St. Shule in Chelsea.
In addition to her beloved husband, Mrs. Skiddell is survived by her children, Rabbi Elliot Skiddell & his wife, Julie of Hewlett, N.Y. & Carcom, Israel, Sandra Phillips & her husband William of Douglas, Joseph Skiddell & his wife Jacqueline of Saugus, Marci Elman & her husband Steven of East Bridgewater, Lauri Rawls & her husband James of Peabody, & Yona Bollinger & her husband Wolf of Brooklyn, NY; her cherished grandchildren, Joshua, Sarit, Elanit, Lindsey, Noam, Chad, Jessica, Seth, Moshe Yisrael, Miriam, & Rebecca; & her brother, Jack Starr & his wife Irma of Tamarac, FL. She was the sister of the late Philip Starr, Larry Starr, Leonard Starr, & Selma Gould.
Funeral services will be held in the Torf Funeral Chapel, 151 Washington Ave. (Cary Sq) CHELSEA on Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 11:00 AM. Rabbi Nochum Cywiak of Cong. Agudas Shalom & Cong. Ahavas Achim Anshe Sfard will officiate. Burial will follow in the Agudas Shalom Cemetery, Everett. Memorial observance will be held at the home of family friends, Laurie Taraskiewicz & Victoria Mazza, Chelsea immediately following the burial on Sunday, & at the home of Marci & Steven Elman, East Bridgewater through Wednesday evening. Those wishing to remember Mrs. Skiddell may do so through memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Assoc. 330 Congress St. 5th Fl. Boston, MA 02210.