Edward Myron “Skip” Annis, age 83, of Amherst, passed away December 6, 2020 after a long illness. He was born on May 27, 1937 in Nashua, NH, to James R Annis and Madeline L. Johnson Annis.
Skip graduated from Nashua High School in 1955. He was an accomplished drummer for the high school band. As a young adult he joined the US Marine Reserves and was very proud to have served his country. Skip married his high school sweetheart, Elizabeth “Betty” Robbins on September 14, 1957.
He started his working career at age 16 as a mechanic for Blue Line Express. He earned his Master’s Electrician’s License and worked for Nashua Corporation for many years, followed by the IBEW.
Skip was a member of the Masonic Fraternity and the New Hampshire Consistory 32nd degree.
An avid fisherman, Skip had a particular love of fly fishing. He developed a talent for tying his own flies, and was honored to have been featured in Fly Tyers Magazine for a fly of his own invention. Skip and his wife, Betty, loved traveling and he especially enjoyed Alaska and Scotland.
He loved animals and in 1977 was extremely proud to have won a first prize blue ribbon in a Grooms Class at a horse show for riding his daughter’s horse, Stormy, while wearing his favorite bright red hat. The judge noted that he was “a real groom!”. He and his beloved Foxhound, Angela, loved going for rides around town and to Doc Davis’s Ice Cream Stand.
Skip is survived by his wife of 63 years, Betty, his son James H. Annis of Amherst, his daughter Linda L. Goonan and her husband Terry, of Weare, three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and two nieces. He was predeceased by his parents and his sister, Edna Anagnost.
Private services will be held on Friday, December 11, at the Farwell Funeral Home in Nashua. In lieu of flowers his family requests that donations in his honor be made to the American Parkinson’s Disease Association.
The FARWELL FUNERAL SERVICE, 18 Lock Street, Nashua is assisting the family with arrangements. www.farwellfuneralservice.com
