Jan. 23, 1952 - Feb. 3, 2015
Zella Valloy Skaw was born Jan. 23, 1952 to Anna Rebecca Sharp and Antone
Clarke Skaw in Woodland, California. She moved to the Yakima Valley in
1953 where she graduated from AC Davis High School in 1970.
Zella
worked in the retail and service industries for 20 years. At the age of
37 she went back to school and graduated from YVCC in 1993, starting a
career in Occupational Therapy. Zella moved to Kennewick thereafter
where she resided for 22 years. She was active in the Occupational
Therapy field from 1993 - 2014 where she touched many lives working with
autistic and special needs children, and adult nursing facilities
within the Benton Franklin area. She made it her life's work helping
people to become more self sufficient and live a better life.
She
is survived by her loving family which includes sister, Zania Marie
Schmidt, brother in-law Richard Schmidt, her son Jonathan Adam Skaw,
daughter in-law Stephanie Skaw, her two grandchildren Kara Skaw and Sean
Skaw, nephews Mathew Schmidt and David Schmidt, nieces Victoria
Snelling and Diane Sharp Weber, and seven great-nieces and nephews.
She
was loved by all and will be more than missed. - See more at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tricityherald/obituary.aspx?pid=174064445#sthash.uZZ1J53a.dpuf
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