SALISBURY, N.C. – Patricia L. Skinner, 88, died at her home in Salisbury, N.C. on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025 following a months-long struggle with lung cancer.

Pat was born in Bath on June 18, 1937 to Edmund J. and L. Gwendolyn (Burnham) Gaudet. She graduated from Morse High School in 1955 and started a career in banking at Bath National Bank. On Aug. 22, 1959, she married Richard W. Skinner, and together they made their home in Bath and raised their daughter, Cheryl. Pat’s working career also included seven years as the administrative assistant at Dike Elementary School and numerous years as a loan officer at First Federal Savings and Loan.

If you knew Pat, you knew how much she loved her home state of Maine. She especially enjoyed walking on the beach, working in her flower garden, researchi

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