Larned – Ronella “Della” Maxine Skelton, 91, passed away June 14, 2015, at Diversicare of Larned.

She was born January 12, 1924 in Rozel, the daughter of Leslie A. and Clara Imogene Elmore Deighton, she was retired from the Larned State Hospital where she worked in the property control department. She moved to Bartow, Florida in 1992 then moved back to Larned in 2003.

She was a member of the First Christian Church, VFW, and was the past president of the Business Professional Women, all of Larned. She was also a member of the Eastern Star in Bartow, Florida

On July 18, 1943, she married Neal Norwood Skelton in Larned. He passed away April 28, 1998.

Survivors include: a son, Larry Skelton and wife Janet, Larned; two brothers, Ned Deighton, St. Charles, MO., Leslie Deighton Jr., Macksville; one sister, Jean Gross, Larned; nine grandchildren, Julie Martel and husband Michael, Larned, Jason Skelton and wife Renae, Larned, Jill Lawson and husband Virgil, Sylvan Grove, Jared Skelton and wife Tisha, Larned, Jan Alford and husband Robert, Ganado, Texas, Teresa Howell and husband Layne, Gainesville, Florida, Tammy Dozois and husband Robert, Nashua, New Hampshire, Stacey Gager and husband Michael, Fort Worth, Texas and Kelly Manning, Mulbery, Florida; twenty-one great grandchildren and three great great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Jennifer Farr Zeltwagner and son-in-law, T. Geary Farr; two brothers, Jim and Robert Deighton and three sisters, Elaine Bantz, Juanita Skelton and LaDayne Burger.

Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Marcus Gonzalez presiding. Friends may sign the register book from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the mortuary.

In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Box 477 Larned, KS 67550. Condolences may be left for the family at www.beckwithmortuary.com.