Glenna's memories: My Nephew Brian Skelton

Brian, really feel bad that in your 46 years we didn't get to really visit with you. You born and raised in Vermont and here we were in Oregon and lots of other places as the military part of our life kept us on the move. Did really enjoy our visit with you in 1977 when Aunt Judy, her kids, LaWanna, Doug and Becky came East and ended up spending a month + because Becky had an apendex that errupted! Not fun but did extend our visit. Thank goodness for cameras as that is what kept us connected, pictures sent back and forth to document your growth and achievments. Will post a few of those pictures and perhaps a few words to explain them. Love you and know we will see you again when the time is right.

Brian James Skelton

b. 4 March 1964

Langley AirForce Bace Virginia, USA

d. 30 June 2010

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

OBIT

BRIAN SKELTON ST. ALBANS - Master Sergeant Brian J. Skelton, 46, died peacefully Wednesday, June 30, 2010, with his loving family at his bedside in the Brigham and Womans Hospital in Boston. He was born in Langley, Va. March 4, 1964, son of Garrie and Laurice (Turnbull) Skelton. He entered the U. S. Air Force Sept. 29, 1986, and distinguished himself in the performance of outstanding service spanning more than 24 years in the Vermont Air National Guard. As a key member of the Egress Shop, and eventually the Shop Supervisor, he accomplished more than 125 time changes on the ACES-II F-16 ejection seat system. As Shop Chief he served numerous deployments to include Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom, in Al Udeid, Qatar, Operation Iraqi Freedom at Balad, Iraq. He was distinguished to receive the Meritorious Service Medal, upon his retirement May 27, 2010. His outstanding warm personality was reflected in his love for his family, his service to his church, country, and fellowman. He was a member of the Fourth Degree Assembly of the Knights of Columbus, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a communicant of Holy Angels Church. He enjoyed hunting, boating and fishing. He was a St. Albans Little League coach and umpire. His loving family includes his wife of over 25 years, Christi (Knight) Skelton; daughter, Tiffany and her husband Adam Burnor; his son, Brenden Skelton; granddaughter, Peyton Burnor, all of St. Albans; his parents, Garrie and Laurice Skelton; brother, Timothy and his wife Jennifer Skelton, all of Pittsburg, Pa.; his mother and father-inlaw, Leonard and Patricia Knight of St. Albans; several nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated, by Father Maurice Roy and (Col.) Father Albert "Skip" Baltz, Chaplain of the Air National Guard, on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 2 p.m. (1400 HRS.), in Holy Angels Church, 247 Lake St. Friends may call at the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home, 86 South Main St., from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Interment will be, with full Military Honors, in the Skelton family lot in Holy Cross Cemetery. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider Masses or the Pulmonary Fibrosis Division of the American Lung Association, 372 Hurricane Lane, Williston, VT 05495. Online condolences may be made by the funeral home website: www.bnlfh.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home and Commemorative Services.