Danny “Dan” Skaggs

COTTAGE GROVE — Danny “Dan” Skaggs of Cottage Grove died Jan. 16 of age-related causes. He was 79. A celebration of life is planned for a later date.

He was born June 17, 1932, in Roseburg to Marsh and Elizabeth Joyce Skaggs. He married Leah Thomson on Dec. 30, 1962, in Eugene. She died in April 2003.

He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean war. In his early years, he trained professional boxers. Later, he worked in sales.

Survivors include two sons, Daniel of Bend and Douglas of Cottage Grove; and four sisters, Jean Gage of Portland, Janice Finnegan of Dayton, Pat Taylor of Sioux City, Iowa, and Sandy Burnside of Georgia.

Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield. Remembrances to Greenhill Humane Society.

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