Sandy resident, Zachary Skelton died of injuries sustained in a car accident on Wednesday, August 17, 2016. He was 22.
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 12:00 noon at the Sandy Church of The Nazarene located on Jarl Road.
Zachary came into this world on April 8, 1994 to Juliana Skelton and Tony Arballo. At four months of age, his step father Jason Buchholtz came into his life. Both Zachary’s father and step father were a part of his life at the time of his death.
Zachary grew up in Sandy the majority of his life and attended Sandy Grade School and Cedar Ridge Middle School. In his 8th grade year, the family moved to Estacada where he attended Estacada High School and played football. Zachary returned to Sandy his Sophomore year of high school where he graduated from Sandy High School.
At a young age, Zachary had a knack for landscaping. His future plans in life were to have his own yard maintenance business. Zachary was an employment explorer trying to find his “place” in life. Presently, he was helping build grow houses, maintaining and processing marijuana from the first steps to the final. Zachary was living with his mother at the time of his death and was a good big brother to his siblings and they loved him and looked up to him. Zachary had a big heart to those he knew, always had a smile on his face and will be greatly missed. He seemed to always make the best out of any situation he was in. Zachary has left a lasting memory on those he loved with his family and friends.
Surviving is his mom, Juliana Buchholtz and his father Tony Arballo; his step father, Jason Buchholtz and his wife Jacki; his siblings, Kyler, Austin, Kemper, Ryan, Gavin, Nick, Seth and his sister Evie; his grandparents, Harold and Debbie Skelton, Beverly Shipley and Bill Rodgers and many aunts, uncles and cousins and by his loving girlfriend Ami Schenk and many close friends. He is preceded in death by his great grandparents, grandpa and grandma Skelton.
Sandy Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.