Anita Skelton
August 15, 1952 ~ April 22, 2023
Anita Lynn Skelton, 70, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Manhattan, New York, passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Corridor Crossing Place, Cedar Rapids. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her sisters, Deborah Skelton of Hiawatha, Iowa, and Mary Skelton of Bronx, New York, and her loving nephews, Daniel (Mirna) Pacheco of Coralville, Iowa, Theodore Brown of Bronx, New York, and Brandon Santana of Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Anita was born on August 15, 1952, in Postville, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Helen (Gerner) Skelton. She graduated in 1970 from Valley High School in Elgin, Iowa, and then in 1974 from the University of Northern Iowa with a degree in teaching English as a foreign language. She taught in Japan from 1974-79, before moving to New York. Later Anita earned her Master in Business Administration from Barach College in 1991, and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1995. She worked at AT&T then as a budget analyst for the City of New York, New York.
Anita enjoyed international travel, especially to London, Paris, and China, attending Broadway shows in New York, all things Mickey Mouse, and watching the NFL draft. She was a big fan of the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Mets, and was a member of the Linn County Blues Society.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Helen Skelton.
Anita's family extends a sincere thank you to the people at Corridor Crossing Place for their care and compassion.
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I will miss my dear cousin Anita. She was always so kind and compassionate to me and my family. I remember when when we met up with her on a trip to NY with my sister, daughters, and late father. She showed us where she worked, and gave us a tour around NY City, it was a delightful day!
Rest In Peace Anita, you now are reunited with Aunt Helen, Uncle Donny, Grandpa and Grandma.
I remember when she would come and visit me when I was younger because it was always going to be a treat. I would be so happy to see her and be very sad/crying when she would leave. Alot of what I have now is because of all the help she’s given me all these years. She has taught me many things that will stay with me. I’ll miss you and hope you’ll now be in peace.
Missing you, my friend.
I remember when I first met Anita. Must have been in 1980. She was nervous about doing a good job at AT&T as a paralegal. Sue was well received and depended upon. But for me, she was a great friend. Always kind, thoughtful, funny, soft-spoken. We traveled, dined.
and she became my sister/friend. I will always miss you, dear Anita. Rest easy and be at peace. I know I have another guardian angel.
We will miss you and proud to have known you!
Anita Dear ~ Fondest Memories of our wild times in Tokyo ~ always getting into trouble & laughing our way to silly land ~ just couldn’t stop laughing ~ we wrote for years & years & got together In NYC ~ You got us a room at the Plaza but you had to prove you were also sraying in the room ~ I had bought some lox & put them on the window sill & they fell & probably slapped some poor sucker on the head ~ later you came to Los Angeles & we all went to Madame Wongs for Punk Concert. You were just a delightful soul Anita ~ Great sense of humor ~ a very loved teacher in Tokyo ~ All that strawberry blonde
hair ~ Of course we never aged at all ~ Anita 🤣ðŸ¤ðŸ˜†ðŸ˜‚ Very Funny Anita ~ hold a seat for.me up.there girl ~ We will share hundreds more laughs 💓 Sweet Anita ~ Your Old Friend. 🤗 Tancie 🌹
i should like to know more abnut her,I was a very good friend of her 40 yebrr ago in Tokyo.