n Kansas City, MO. He loved music, woodworking, boating, fishing and traveling. Also, working, researching and emailing from his computer, spending time with his family and attending class reunions. He was loved as a husband, father, brother and friend to many. He will never be forgotten. Skip was preceded in death by his parents Marion Dee and Elizabeth Josephine Bayless; his wife, Karen Leah (Williamson) Bayless and two sons, Todd Alan Bayless and Timothy Dee Bayless. He is survived by his fiancée, Leota (Lee) Harris, Harrisonville, Mo; four sisters, Alice Mauer, Omaha, NE, Deborah (Rod) Nester, Jody (Dennis) Streitenberger, and Shari (Jay) Lindburg, all of Shenandoah, IA; daughter, Lundie Renee' Bayless, Kansas City, MO; and three grandchildren, Amy Marie Thropp, Boulder, CO and Zachary Alan Thropp, Kansas City, MO and Sydnei Leah Bayless. Celebration of life memorial service will be held 11:00 am, Friday, December 8, 2017 at the Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home. Immediately following the memorial service the family will have a visitation and luncheon at the First Presbyterian Church in Shenandoah. Memorials may be directed to the family. Burial of cremains will be held at a late date in Union Grove Cemetery in Northboro, Iowa.