- Date Of Birth: July 29, 1932
- Date Of Death: June 17, 2019
- State: Idaho
Blaine was born on July 29, 1932, at Bedford, Lincoln County, Wyoming, and grew up there until the age of twelve when his family moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho. There, he courted and married Erma DeAnn Jenson. They were sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple on November 15, 1951. Blaine and DeAnn were blessed with seven children, Steven, Rick, Sheree, Laura, Vicki, Blake, and Shanna.
Blaine served in the Air Force as a Policeman, and upon leaving the Military, worked in security at the Idaho Nuclear Lab. He later served as Sheriff of Bonneville County, and was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as the US Marshal for the State of Idaho.
On April 28, 2012, Blaine married Marilyn Peacock of Driggs, Idaho, in the Rexburg, Idaho Temple. Blaine and Marilyn served a mission in Riverside, California.
He is survived by his loving wife, Marilyn Skinner of Driggs, ID; son, Rick (Dixie Price) Skinner of Boise, ID; daughter, Sheree (Michael) Hess of Pocatello, ID; daughter, Laura (Brian) Smith of Orem, UT; daughter, Vicki (Morgan) Morrow of Idaho Falls; son, Blake Skinner of Chico, TX; daughter, Shanna (Jay) Miller of St. Anthony, ID; brother, Jay Skinner of CA; 22 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, and 1 great-great granddaughter.
Blaine was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Alma Skinner Jr. and Anna Fluckiger; wife, DeAnn Skinner; son, Steve Skinner; and siblings, Roy, Wayne, Rhea, Verda, Verna, Dean, Wilbert, Floyd, and Vernessa, and two grandchildren, Josh Ray and Dakota Twiss.
