Billie Marceill Skinner, 87, of Amarillo, passed away on March 7, 2023. Memorial services will be held at 3pm, Monday, at Saint Stephens United Methodist Church on 4600 S Western Street in Amarillo, Texas. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 12, from 3-5pm, in the Chapel of Memories at Memorial Park Funeral Home.
Billie Marceill Swanson was born on May 5, 1935, in Vega, Texas, to R.D. “Bill” Swanson and Loreta Stewart Swanson. She attended schools in Vega until 1949 when her parents moved to Swede Hills ranch in Strandburg, South Dakota. She attended schools in Strandburg and Milbank, South Dakota, returning to Vega and graduated there in 1953. Marceill worked as a service representative and commercial service observer for S.W. Bell, retiring after 30 years of service in 1991. She married Lawrence Elvie Lundberg (the father of her children) in 1954 and he passed away in 1971. She later married Donald Skinner in 1985. Marceill was a member of St. Stephens United Methodist Church since 1968 and she raised her children there. Her and her husband are also members of the Pathfinders SS class.
Marceill was preceded in death by her parents; One brother, David Swanson; and her grandparents.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Skinner; Two daughters, Melanie Lamb and Melissa Lundberg, of Amarillo; One son, Larry Lundberg and wife, Debra, of Lubbock, Texas; A stepdaughter, Kathryn Manders and husband, Mark, of Richardson, Texas; A stepson, David Skinner and wife, Hope, of Lewisville, Texas; Four grandchildren and five step-grandchildren.
In Lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to St. Stephens United Methodist Church in Amarillo and Pathfinders Sunday School Class.
