Oral Histories
Deone Skewes
b.1920

Q: So you had two homes?
A: Yes. And I had a place to live down here so I did not have to worry about motel reservations and all that stuff.
Q: Did you drive back and forth?
A: Yes.
Q: So, do you miss Salt Lake?
A: Not really. I miss the area I lived in. You know. But Salt Lake is big and it was even smoggy when I lived there.
Q: Oh, the inversion that they often have.
A: I still have good friends there but I don’t really want to live there.
Q: Well, if Sam Taylor is your cousin, I guess you kept touch over all the years with the newspaper? Did you ever get involved with the newspaper?
A: No. No I didn’t.
Q: So what years were you in Salt Lake? You graduated from college and stayed there?
A: I went there in 1934 and I graduated from the U in 1938. No. I graduated from the U in 1942. And then I stayed there and worked until I retired. But I always came back home.
Q: So you came here as soon as you retired?
A: Yes. I still had a lot of friends here and family.
Q: What did you major in?
A: Music and art and education.