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Jean Giles

Palm Coast, Florida

1926 - 2025

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Jean Skinner Giles, formerly of Fergus Falls, died in Palm Coast, Fla., on September 24, 2025. She was 98. Born in Wadena, Minn., to Ralph and Ruth Skinner, Jean attended school in New York Mills, Minn., graduating from high school in 1944. She graduated from St. Cloud Teacher's College in 1947...

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May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Kevin I remember you from High School although we were not close friends. Loss of family is tough.!! I´m sorry. .

she was always so sweet and so beautiful. i once told her she kinda looked like actress on The Walton's. the wife on the show. when i'd watch it i always thought of Jean. my sincere condolences to her family and friends. she was a rare gem. Julie Dobson.

Hand down, my favorite teacher! She was always so patient and full of class and grace. Every time I see coconuts, I think of her. (IYKYK) My condolences to her family and friends. I have no doubt Heaven saved a special place for her.

Mrs. Giles was my third grade teacher in Deer Lodge. She also taught my mother in third grade. She was one of my most favorite teachers. My fondest memories of her classroom was learning the garbage can was ALWAYS called "File 13", her reading "The Raggedy Man" almost every day to our class because it was our favorite, she never cared that I was the kid who talked to everybody no matter where she placed me, and she always listened with rapt attention to everything every child said. I never...

My heartfelt condolences to the family. Kevin, I never met your mom but she definitely raised a son I am proud to have met, and I am sure your siblings are as wonderful as you.

Please accept my sincere condolances. I will always remember being a student in Jean's classroom. I especially remember the day we took turns learning how to speak on the telephone. She persisted until she felt we each were capable of doing the task properly. I ran across a big black rotary dial phone in an antique shop last we and I had to dial it as I thought of her.