FRANCESTOWN, NH:  Clyde “Skip” E. Cilley, 76, of Francestown, NH died Sunday, August 16, 2020 at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH. 

Clyde was born in Peterborough, NH on September 15, 1943 to the late Carl E. and Mary D. (Bailey) Cilley.  He was also predeceased by his wife, Dorothy I. (Creighton) Cilley, a son, David Patten, his three brothers, Roger, Richard and Raymond and three sisters, Violet, Elizabeth, and Ida. 

Skip worked for Hitchner Manufacturing in Milford for 40 years before his retirement in 2006. He served in the Army during Vietnam.  He was an avid outdoorsman and loved hunting, fishing and making maple syrup.  He was a member of the Peterborough American Legion Post # 5. 

Skip is survived by three sons, Harold and his wife Alberta Patten, of Hardwick, VT, Robert and his wife Laurette Patten, also of Hardwick, VT, and Richard and his wife Glenda Patten of Deering, NH, two daughters, Debbie Sterns of Goffstown, NH and Tammy Dorr, of Bennington, NH, two brothers, Jerry F. Cilley of Windsor, NH and George C. Cilley of Francestown, NH, a sister, Mildred M. Weir of Westboro, MA, several grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren. 

A Graveside Service will be held at the convenience of the family in the # 3 Cemetery in Francestown, NH. 

The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service Hillsboro, NH is assisting the family.