Velora Blanche (stockwell) Scott
WHITING, Iowa -- Velora Blanche Scott, 90, of Whiting died
Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting.
Services
will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Whiting Christian Church, with the Rev. Rusty
Hedger officiating. Burial will be in Whiting Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to
8 p.m. Wednesday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at the church.
Arrangements are under the direction of Rush Family Care Service in Onawa,
Iowa.
Velora was born March 5, 1914, in Little Sioux, Iowa, the daughter
of Vard Stockwell and Merea (Crabb) McAdon. She was raised in the Little Sioux
area and graduated from Little Sioux High School.
She was a member of Whiting Christian Church, Dorcus Society and
American Legion Emery Johnson Post 481 Auxiliary. She enjoyed knitting and
cooking. She was a wonderful devoted mother.
Survivors include her
children, Jean Witt of Whiting, Carolyn (Larry) Higdon of Kodak, Tenn., John
(Janet) Scott of Whiting, Sandra (David) Smitherman of Des Moines and
Kathy (Paul) Cleek of Missouri Valley, Iowa; 12 grandchildren; 19
great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Fama
McCandles of Peoria, Ariz.
She was preceded in death by her husband,
John; two brothers; and three sisters.
Memorials may be made to Jean Witt
to be used in a Whiting betterment project.