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Submitted: 4/12/22 • Approved: 4/12/22 • Last Updated: 4/15/22 • R829066-G0-S3
Oct 29, 1953
Feb 17, 2021
Neil was born in Mountain Grove, Missouri, on October 29, 1953, to Thomas E. Skaggs and Doris Bartlett Skaggs.
He graduated from Willow Springs High School in 1971 and the University of Missouri in 1975. On July 24, 1976 he married Barbara Wehmer in Willow Springs, Missouri. In 1980, Neil received his Doctorate in Economics from Duke University and had already started his career in 1979 as a professor of Economics at Illinois State University. His areas of specialty were Principles of Economics, Money and Banking and History of Economic Thought. He was an author of the textbook Economics: Individual Choice and Its Consequences. He also served as an interim chair for three departments - economics, chemistry and psychology. Neil was also active on the ISU Credit Union board, serving as chairman. Neil and Barb spent two semesters with ISU study abroad in Austria. He retired in 2010. Neil was an honest and hard worker who was generous with his time, talents and money in serving Christ. He was a Sunday School teacher for 23 years at Eastview Christian Church. He was an author and editor of a survey of the Old and New Testaments that was used for the adult curriculum. He was a longtime member of the Encounter Ministry Board at ISU, serving as Chairman for many terms and in 1995 he was the onterim minister. He also served on mission teams to Haiti, Guatemala and Uganda. For several years he served with B/N Emmaus teams as a speaker. Neil was the devoted father of four girls who loved him immensely. He enjoyed coaching and refereeing youth soccer. He was an enthusiastic ISU and Duke basketball fan and Cardinals baseball fan. He also enjoyed participating in softball, vocal music and 5k races. He and Barb enjoyed travel and had visited more than twenty countries. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed.
Surviving are his beloved wife, Barb; daughters: Caroline (Jim) Sallee, Becky (Brendan) Malone, Meredith (Michael) Phillips and Lindsey Skaggs; his eight grandchildren: Eleanor, Julia and Grace Sallee; Calvin, Marian and Ryan Malone and Eddie and Peter Phillips; his two sisters: Jo Hendrix and Connie (Mackie) Beall and his mother-in-law, Marguerite Wehmer.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Contributed on 4/12/22 by mjrwag
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