Scott, Betty - 1922-2009

GEARHART, HUMMEL, MCCLIMEN, MYRICK, SCOTT, SELLERS, SNOOK, VERSTEEG, WILLIAMS

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 5/8/2009 at 19:32:09

Funeral services for Betty Scott will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton. A visitation with the family will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials in Betty’s name are being designated to Disabled Veterans Association.
Betty Jean Scott, 86, was born July 3, 1922, in Jasper County. She was the fourth child and daughter of Harry and Rosa Belle (Hummel) Snook. The Snook family moved to Newton in 1934. A lifelong resident of the Newton area, she was a graduate of Newton Senior High School, class of 1939.
On Sept. 16, 1945, Betty was united in marriage with O.T. Scott in Newton. She was employed during World War II as a defense worker at the Maytag Company. Betty had devoted her life to her husband, her two daughters, Becky and Cathy, her family and friends. She and O.T. also raised their eldest grandson, Scott. She was instrumental in the operation of O.T.’s trucking company, Rebel Supply. She found time to be the full time bookkeeper/accountant in addition to her duties as a homemaker. Betty enjoyed being with her family, reading, coaching Little League Baseball, playing pinochle, the Atlanta Braves, doing yard work, big band music and was a past member of TOPS.
Betty died on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, O.T. Scott on Jan. 10, 2006; her three sisters, Kathryn Gearhart, Anna Mae McClimen and Carolyn Williams; four brothers, John, Ted, Burton and Lawrence “Butch” Snook; and brothers-in-law, Dale Gearhart and Harold McClimen.
Those left to honor Betty’s memory include her daughters, Becky Myrick of Newton and Cathy and son-in-law David Sellers of Garland, Texas; her three grandsons, Scott and Regina VerSteeg, John and Erika Myrick and David Myrick; three great-grandsons, Alex, Dakota and Nicholas; a brother, Howard and Helen Snook of Newton; sisters-in-law, Dee Snook, Phyllis Snook and Judy Snook, all of Newton; her brother-in-law, Glynn Williams; many nieces and nephews; and many good friends.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.pencefh.com.
Source: Newton Daily News; Friday, May 8, 2009