SKAKLES Helen Mackie, aged 56 years, slipped away peacefully, at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, on Monday, October 1, 2007, after a long illness, and without complaint, much loved wife of Alistair Skakles, loving mum of Michael and stepmum of Alistair and Joe, and a dear daughter of Jean and the late John Mackie. Funeral service in Crathie Kirk, on Monday, October 8, at 12 noon, followed by a service in Mortlach Parish Church, Dufftown, at 2.30 p.m., interment thereafter in Mortlach Cemetery. All friends are respectfully invited. Donations if desired, at church doors, to M.S. Society.