Catherine (Baldner) SCOTT

SCOTT, BALDNER, REED, MASSEY, LAKEMAN, SICKLER, HEGER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/14/2008 at 09:26:03

The Dickinson Press, Dickinson, ND
June 13, 2008

Catherine “Kay” Scott, 92, formerly of Underwood, died Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at her home in Dickinson. Kay’s funeral service is at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 16, 2008, at the United Methodist Church, Dickinson, with the Rev. Scott McKirdy officiating. Interment will take place at Underwood. Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday at Ladbury Funeral Service, Dickinson, and continues one hour prior to services at the church on Monday.

Catherine Baldner was born on April 29, 1916, in Garrison, the daughter of Charles and Marion (Reed) Baldner. She was raised and educated in Garrison, attended junior college at Eagle Grove, Iowa, and then completed her education at Minot State Teachers College, having received a standard teaching certificate. Catherine married Gordon Scott on April 16, 1941, in Washington, D.C. Catherine had taught school throughout her life, beginning in a one room country school and retiring from the Underwood Public School. The Scott’s continued to live in Underwood and would make their annual trip south in the winter months to Mesa, Ariz.

Catherine’s husband, Gordon, died on Dec. 13, 1996. She continued making trips to Mesa until just recently and in 2006, became a resident of Park Avenue Villa in Dickinson. Catherine enjoyed china painting, gardening and all types of needle work, some of which she did into her 90’s. She belonged to the United Methodist Women and the Eastern Star, in which she held offices on the district and state levels.

Catherine is survived by her two children, Laurie Massey, Dickinson, and David (Karen) Scott, Naples, Fla.; four grandchildren, Becky (Brian) Lakeman, Susan (Jason) Sickler, Mitchell (Miranda) Massey and Summer (Daniel) Heger; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon; and three brothers.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society.