Obituary notice for
Clara Dale (Skerjanc) Winscot   74
Jan. 12, 1939   ~   Aug. 13, 2013

      Clara “Coke” Skerjanc Winscot, 74, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, at her home in Rigby, Idaho, surrounded by her family.

      She was born to William and Lenna Skerjanc Jan. 12, 1939.   She attended and graduated from Butte High School.   She married her high school sweetheart, Charley Sherman (Hustvedt) Winscot Jr., on Jan. 27, 1957.   Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple on July 25, 1981.   The early years were busy raising their five children and building several homes together.   Anywhere Charley was, Coke was close behind, always holding up one end of a board or casting a fishing line into their favorite fishing hole.

      She turned a ceramics hobby into “Coke’s Ceramic Greenware” in Whitehall.   After 10 years, they moved to Rexburg, Idaho.   There she worked for Artco Wedding Invitations as an accounting supervisor.   However, they missed the beautiful mountains and fishing spots in Montana, so they moved back home.   She worked for nine years for the Department of Revenue as a residential appraiser before she retired.

      Her family always came first; most of her spare time was spent enjoying her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.   Next was her love of the outdoors;   she enjoyed fishing, camping, boating and yard work.   She was told on many occasions that her yard looked like the City Park.   Another highlight in her life was the trip she won to visit Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion.   She went on the trip with her daughter, Lynda.   The trip began with a limousine ride to the airport and from there, days were spent touring Elvis Presley’s mansion and seeing all the sights in Memphis, Tenn.   This was the beginning of more trips that took her and Charley to Hawaii, on an Alaskan fishing cruise and the Mexican Riviera with her daughter, Sue and family.

      She leaves behind her sweetheart of 56 years, Charley;   children, Chuck (Kathy) Winscot, Steve Winscot, Lynda (Gilbert) Marquez, Sue (Troy) Miller, and Rick (Stormi) Winscot;   a brother, Bill (Carol) Skerjanc;   17 grandchildren;   and eight great-grandchildren.

      She will be missed for so many reasons; &bnsp her caring, loving ways toward everyone, her memorable smile and laugh — she was always the life of the party.   We loved her sunny disposition and positive attitude toward whatever came her way, and if you heard singing or humming it was probably her enjoying her favorite tunes.

      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Rigby 11th Ward LDS Church, 106 N. 3800 E. Rigby, Idaho.   The family will meet with friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at Eckersell Memorial Chapel, 101 W. Main Street, Rigby, Idaho, and from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., prior to services at the church.   Burial will be in the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery following the funeral.   Services are under the care of Eckersell Memorial Chapel in Rigby.   Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.eckersellfuneralhome.com or go to www.mtstandard.com/obits

Published in the Montana Standard on Thursday August 15, 2013.
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