Skip was a Falconer High School Graduate.

Before his retirement he worked with his father as a self-employed garbage disposal business, Ellington Hardwood Lumber Company as a truck driver, and most notably he and his wife were the owners and operators of A-N-K Trucking Company.

Skip enjoyed spending time with his family, building and racing go-karts, listening to country music and spending time with his Amish neighbors. He was a member of the National Army Guard for several years.

Surviving is his wife Kay Tolman Hitchcock, whom he married June 2, 1984 (a day shy of 40 years); his children: Michael Hitchcock, Jeanette Kent, David (Trish) Hitchcock, Jeff (Donna) Hitchcock, Carol (Larry) Barmore, Wendy (Al) Cobbe, Allen (Marlana) Hitchcock, Steven (Marlena) Hitchcock ; his stepchildren: Maxine (Ken) Brightman, Bonnie (Butch) Whitacre, daughter-in-law Dixie Chamberlin, Claude (Roberta) Chamberlin, Jim (Terry) Chamberlin, Randy (Karen) Thompson, Donna Jackson, Vickie (Roy) Holland, Brian Thompson and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Marguerite "Peg" Benson Hitchcock who died March 2, 1964; his children who passed away in 1963: Cindy Lou, Albert L. III, James B. Hitchcock; stepchildren Robert Chamberlin, Linda Turpin and Jeffrey Thompson; his brothers David and Rex Hitchcock; his sisters Beth Chandler, Ann Vine, Coralynn Johnson; two grandsons: Kenny Brightman, Corry Thompson; granddaughter Fallon Chamberlin and a great great grandson.

The funeral will be held at 2 pm Friday June 7, 2024, at the Lind Funeral Home. Friends will be received an hour prior to the service from 1 to 2 pm. Burial will be held at Sunset Hill Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care, 20 W. Fairmount Ave, Lakewood, NY 14750.

You may leave a condolence at www.lindfuneralhome.com. Final Resting Place 3:00 pm Friday, June 7, 2024 Sunset Hill Cemetery 665 Hunt Rd. PO Box 46 Town of Busti, New York, United States 14750