Richard L. Skjold of Walden passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. He was 88 years old.
The son of Jacob Skjold and Olga Levinsen Skjold, Richard was born on Nov. 24, 1932, in Brooklyn.
He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Korean War, and was a retired supervisor for Con Edison in Elmsford.
Survivors include his wife Helga K. Mangells Skjold of Walden; children: Thomas Skjold and his wife Rita of Westwood, New Jersey, Richard Peter Skjold of Middletown, Raymond Skjold and his wife Terry of Ramsey, New Jersey, Lisa Nixdorf and her husband John of Park Ridge, New Jersey, Bernd Stoerchle and his wife Phyllis of Highland Mills and Sonia Kullberg of Walden; sister, Eldrid Arntzen of Pompton Plains, New Jersey; and 13 grandchildren.
A graveside service was held May 5 at Orange County Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 111 Craigville Road, Goshen.
Arrangements by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, Monroe (845) 782-8185 or www.ssqfuneralhome.com).