Barbara Skorupan

October 28, 1924 - May 5, 2022

BARBARA SKORUPAN Barbara Lou Skorupan, age 97, of Gravois Mills, Missouri, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2022 at her home. She was born October 28, 1924 in Kansas City, Kansas, a daughter of Charles and Mable (Nelson) Paterson. On October 28, 1942 in Belton, Missouri, she was untied in marriage to Steve Skorupan. Together they shared seventy years of marriage before his passing on October 28, 2012. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Betty Lou Hollander and four brothers, Kent Paterson, Keith Paterson, Charles Paterson, Jr. and Cecil Paterson. Survivors include a daughter, Beverly Ann Hinshaw of Indianola, Iowa; two grandsons, Eric Hollander of Indianola, Iowa and Jason Hollander of Polk City, Iowa; a granddaughter, Malissa Golightly of Indianola, Iowa; ten great-grandchildren, Matthew, Merideth, Forrest, Rocky, Wyatt, Harmony, Charlie, Sylas, Dominic and Hailey and a great-great-grandson. Barbara was raised in Kansas and she and Steve made their home there before moving to Iowa. In 1980, they moved to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. She enjoyed being a homemaker, a mother and especially a grandmother. Barbara was a Round Dance Cuer and was inducted in the Missouri Round Dance Hall of Fame. She was a member of Ozark Chapel United Methodist Church in Laurie, Missouri. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 20, 2022 at Kidwell-Garber Laurie/Sunrise Beach Chapel. Inurnment will follow in Garber Memorial Estates, Laurie. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Laurie/Sunrise Beach Chapel.