Mrs. Scott attended school in Elk Falls through eighth grade. She attended high
school in Longton, Winfield and Marion, Kansas, before graduating from Herrington,
Kansas. She worked in the shoe factory in Sweet Springs during World War II. Later,
she was the bookkeeper at Bing’s Supermarket. She lived in Hughesville for thirty-eight years, before moving to Sedalia in 1997.
She was a member of First Christian Church, where she was involved in Women’s Christian Group 7 and the Fun and Fellowship group. She was also a member of Young at Heart in Hughesville. She enjoyed playing cards and reading.
Surviving are a stepson, Wiley Scott, and his wife, Carolyn, of Mahomet, Ill.; a
brother, Clifford Clarence Ransom, of Gardnerville, N.Y.; a step daughter-in-law,
Marcia Scott, of Albany; five step grandchildren, Carol Scott, Cheryl McClannahan,
Cynthia Reynolds, Diana Frisbie and Bryant Scott; 11 step great-grandchildren; one
step great-great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by two stepsons, Bruce Scott and Sam Scott; two brothers, Paul Ransom and Melvin Ransom; and two sisters, Edith Florence Lindsey and Maxine May Lovelace.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 1, 2006, at Heckart/Gillespie Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Russell Willoughby officiating.
Burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday, June 2, 2006, at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Coffeyville, Kansas.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, 2006, at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorial contributions to First Christian Church.
Mildred L. Scott, 94, of Sedalia, died Friday, May 26, 2006, at Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center.
She was born April 25, 1912, in Elk Falls, Kan., a daughter of Clarence Atwood and Alta Gail Deweese Ransom. On Oct. 20, 1958, in Sedalia, she was married to Samuel Conway Scott, who died Sept. 6, 1979.
