Iva Elouise “Skeet” Richards Dennis, 93, of Stamford, formerly of Wellington, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at her home. Funeral services took place at 11 a.m. Friday, September 11, at the Orient Street Church of Christ with Dale Foster officiating. The family entrusted arrangements to Kinney- Underwood Funeral Home of Stamford.
Iva Elouise Richards was born August 3, 1933, in Midland to Teddy and Iva Langley Richards. She attended and graduated from Wellington High School. Skeet married Bill Dennis on October 15, 1950, in Wellington. They moved to Stamford in 1953.
She served as a member of Orient Street Church of Christ and later Family Church of Christ.
Skeet owned and operated Grandma’s Little Darling’s Day Care with the help of her daughter Denise. She was a great cook known for her red beans and cornbread. An avid Bulldog Fan, she appreciated her latest visit by this year’s Senior Bulldogs. Skeet and Denise posted the Bulldog scores every Friday night to inform others. Many people relied on their posts for updates.
Skeet enjoyed crocheting, and all the family looked forward to receiving their crochet covered hangers at Christmas time. Her favorite color was red, but her blood ran Bulldog Blue. Her children threw her a 90th birthday party, where she enjoyed seeing old friends and she talked of it often.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her siblings, Dorothy Sisk, Henry Richards, Teddy Richards, Katherine Cook, Pat Young, Leslie Nixon, Jr., Fred Nixon, and Franklin Nixon.
Skeet is lovingly survived by her son and daughter-in-law Bill, Jr. and Pattie Dennis, of Rio Vista; daughter Denise Dennis, of Stamford; grandchildren Craig and Macy Dennis, of Van Alstyne, Benay and Logan Sifford, of Rio Vista; great-grandchildren Rory Springs Dennis, of Van Alstyne, Indy Haloka Dennis, of Van Alstyne, Selah Nell Sifford, of Rio Vista, and Bauer Dean Sifford, of Rio Vista; her siblings Lowell Nixon, Loren Nixon, Joy McCullough, and Mary Harbin; and many of Grandma Skeets extended grandchildren.
The family request memorials be sent in Skeet’s name to West Texas Rehabilitation Center or Hospice of the Big Country, 4601 Hartford, Abilene, Texas 79605.
Sign the online guestbook at www.kinneyunderwoodfuneralhome. com.
