Thomas Skarp

  Thomas Skarp was born in 1933 in Comfrey, MN as the oldest of five sons born to

Oscar and Marlowe Skarp. He died May 28, 2020 in Athens, Alabama after a long
illness.

He attended and graduated from Boyd, MN high school where he was a decorated

athlete.

They had four children, seven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

Tom taught and coached in Cooperstown, NO from 1958-1968. His 10 years of

coaching produced two state class-B basketball tournament teams in 1963 and 1966.
Some individual and team records from his 1966 team stand yet today. He received
his masters’ degree from the University of North Dakota in 1967. He was a high school principal in Cooperstown from 1967 through 1975. In the early 70s, Tom was
responsible for implementing one of the pilot high school programs for vocational
education. His family moved to Oakes, NO in 1975 where he opened and

administered the Southeast Multidistrict Vocational Center until his retirement in the

early 90’s.

Tom is survived by his children Anne (Jeff) Baase, Mike (Curt Peterson) Skarp, Roger

(Karen) Skarp, Doug Skarp; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers
Alan, James (Dee), Danny (Linda) and numerous nieces and nephews. He was
preceded in death by his parents Oscar and Marlowe, wife Edie, second wife Carol,
brother David, sisters-in-law Vernita Stuart, Lois Skarp, Marge Peterson, brothers-in-
law Leonard Bailey and Bob Peterson.

A gathering of family and friends will occur at a later date in Oakes, North Dakota.

Memorials preferred to the Oakes Golf Club (North Dakota), Southeast Region Career
and Technology Center (Oakes).

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