- Date Of Birth: July 31, 1942
- Date Of Death: August 30, 2022
- State: New Mexico
Kent Anthony Skaggs was born July 31, 1942, in Morgantown, WV. He grew up in Albuquerque then attended high school at St. Joseph’s Military Academy in Hayes, KS. He graduated in 1960 and returned to Albuquerque.
He retired from TGE in 2007 and started another company called Americorp. He had invented a ride control system that could be retrofitted to construction equipment to level out the bumpy ride. He manufactured and sold these kits to John Deere, Bobcat, Caterpillar, and other individual machine owners.
Kent loved flying, motorcycle riding, helping his son and grandson with their sprint car racing, fly fishing, and driving his Corvette “BKTLIST,” and he was building a ’32 Ford from a kit.
Kent A. Skaggs passed away at home on August 30, 2022, at the age of 80. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Carol; his children and their spouses: Danna Herbert and Jim, and Kent Alan Skaggs and Shari; and Carol’s daughters and their spouses: Sandra Long-Mendoza and Ernest, Stefanie Zbylut and Mark, and Amy Long-Dapolito and David. Kent and Carol shared 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren: Cory Harris, his children Nick and Kylie; Jennifer Rodriguez, husband Daniel, and son Landon; Shane and Sarah Skaggs; Marissa Mendoza; Meghan Nunno and husband Adam; Mikayla Mendoza; Kaitlyn and Zachary Zbylut; and Jacob and Christian Dapolito. He is also survived by his sister, Sandra Kay Sledge, and her daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Jim Butler.
