Lyane Barton Scoskie

Lyane Barton Scoskie (Ly) lost her six-year battle with breast cancer and died peacefully with her family by her side in her Hill Country home on July 3rd, just before the rains came. She was born in Patterson, NJ, on June 27, 1944, to Otty and Bob Barton.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Rob Scoskie; her son, Jack Scoskie; her daughter, Susan Cook and her younger brothers, Skip and Toby Barton. She has six grandchildren, of whom she was tremendously proud and considered her greatest accomplishment. Connor Cook graduated in 2023 from Indiana University and is now working for a tech startup in Chicago. Piper Scoskie recently graduated from Ole Miss and will be attending medical school in the Fall of 2026. Colby Cook just graduated from the University of Miami and will stay in Miami to work for a software securities company. Peyton Scoskie is a sophomore at LSU and hopes to pursue a career in higher education. Sean Scoskie is a junior in high school and aspires to be a mechanical engineer. Hope Scoskie is a sophomore in high school and wants to be a neonatal nurse.

Ly graduated from Bloomfield College at the top of her class, where she met Rob. She left a promising journalistic career in New York to follow her husband, Rob, in his long career in the U.S. Air Force. Along the way, they made lifelong friends and lived in incredible places, including Okinawa, Japan; Selma, Alabama; Anchorage, Alaska and San Antonio, Texas. After her children went off to college, she went back to school and earned her Master of Education. She taught third, fourth, as well as gifted and talented students for over 12 years. At Wilshire Elementary School, she was instrumental in starting the first student-run newspaper. She also became an accomplished weaver and was a life member of the San Antonio Handweavers Guild.

Once she and Rob retired, they moved to Hunt, Texas, where they lived in Guadalupe Ranch Estates on the North Fork of the Guadalupe River. Ly used her artistic talents to design the house that Rob built. If she wasn’t weaving rugs, tapestries, or pillows for her house, she was sewing her daughter’s wedding dress or creating scarves, coasters, or bookmarks for her many friends and family. She graciously hosted many over the years—especially down at the river, which was her happy place. In fact, she was infamous for endlessly treading water as everyone floated around her.

The family plans to have a celebration of life next summer. 

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Hunt Volunteer Fire Department to support families impacted by the Hill Country floods: https://huntvfd.org/

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