Scott, Orlene Alvera (1918 – 2008)

SCOTT, HAMDORF, PIITTMANN, HANSEN, THOENER, JACOBSEN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/7/2013 at 19:02:17

Name of deceased: Orlene Alvera Scott (nee Hamdorf)

Aged: 90 yrs, 8 mo, 24 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: Feb. 13, 1918, on a farm SW of Corley, IA

Died: Nov. 6, 2008, Elm Crest Care Center, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, Trinity Lutheran Church, Avoca, IA; Pastor Dennis Reich officiated. Burial at Graceland Cemetery in Avoca, IA

Survived by: Son, Robert Scott (spouse, Laraine) of Avoca, IA; son-in-law, Delman Piittmann (spouse, Norma) of Albany, IL; daughter-in-law, Carolyn Scott of Bettendorf, IA; 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sisters, Alta Hansen of Walnut, IA and Wilma Throener of West Point, NE; brother, Delnar Hamdorf of Morrison, CO; several nieces; nephews; other relatives and many friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Rudolph and Elfrieda (nee Jacobsen) Hamdorf; husband of 24 years, Howard (deceased Dec. 1965); son, Melvin; daughter, Carol; brothers, Orville "Bud" Hamdorf, Lorraine "Skeet" Hamdorf; granddaughter, Michele

Education: attended country school Fairview #4 through Grade 8

Religious affiliation: member, Trinity Lutheran Church, Avoca, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Howard Scott; Feb. 19, 1941; First Lutheran Church in Avoca, IA

Employment: farmed their entire married life; retired in 1979.

Hobbies/Interests: member of the neighborhood Sunshine Seekers Club; she was an excellent cook and was known for her walnut cakes, chocolate chip pie, her fried chicken and, a family favorite, her homemade bread. She helped Howard on the farm with their livestock and was a hard worker. Orlene was known as a loving but firm mother and grandmother.

Sources: ancestry.com, pauleyjones.com