Edwina (Wiggins) Scott (1946)

ARCHER, READ, SCOTT, TRAVIS, WEED, WIGGINS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 11/1/2006 at 17:19:34

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 05, 1946

MRS. P. W. SCOTT DIES AT 82 YEARS

Death Came on Tuesday at Home of Daughter in Peru

Mrs. P. W. Scott, a resident of Madison county for most of her long life, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. M. Travis, in Peru, where she had been living the last three months. She was 82 years of age.

Mrs. Scott was the former Edwina Wiggins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Wiggins, and was born near Patterson. As a young woman she was married to P. W. Scott. They were the parents of nine children, six of whom survive.

She spent her entire life in Madison county, with the exception of five years in Clarke county. Her husband died in 1940. Before going to the D. M. Travis home three months ago, she had spent three years at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. N. Archer, in Winterset.

Surviving children are Mrs. O. N. Archer of Winterset, Mrs. D. M. Travis of Peru, Willard and Frank Scott of near Truro, Mrs. Edith Read of Burwell, Nebr., and Mrs. Lonnie Weed of Orient. She also leaves 21 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held this Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from the Peru Methodist church. Burial will be made at Truro.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 12, 1946
Page 5, Column 2

Mrs. Warren Fisher and Mrs. Bethune Ferguson and son Spencer Earl of Oelwein were in Peru Friday, being called there by the serious illness of their grandmother, Mrs. Edwina Scott who passed away Tuesday morning of last week.
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Page 5, Column 3

Among those from a distance attending the funeral services for Mrs. Edwina Scott in Peru last Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Scott of Boone, Mrs. Eliza Hiatt, Mr. and Mrs. Jobe Allen and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Allen all of Ackworth, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wray, Vere Warner, Miss Sarah Hillan, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Weed and three daughters all of Des Moines, C. C. Deardorff of Colorado, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scott of Osceola, Mrs. W. E. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Ferguson and son Spencer of Oelwein, Mrs. Edith Read of Burwell, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Scott, C. F. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dick and family, and S. D. Scott of Truro, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Weed, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Diers, and Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Weed and family all of Orient.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 17, 1946
Page 7, Column 1

Mrs. Edith Reed who was called here by the death of her mother, Mrs. Edwina Scott, left Saturday for Burwell, Neb. where she is employed.
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Coordinator's note: Her father's obituary says the family migrated to Iowa in 1869 and both the 1870 and 1895 censuses say she was born in New Hampshire.

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