1919
Ethel
2015
Ethel Scott Eldredge
June 21, 1919 — January 28, 2015
We will miss you mom.
“My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart’s in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go.”
– Robert Burns
Ethel was born in Glasgow, Scotland on June 21, 1919, daughter of Ethel Cordelia Fairbrass Scott and David Schoular Scott. Early morning, January 28, 2015, Ethel passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes. Ethel was being visited and comforted by family members at St. Joseph Villa in Salt Lake City, UT at the time of her passing. Ethel was 95 years old.
After graduation from Glasgow’s Riverside Central in 1934, the war broke out. Under fire from 1939 – 1945, she served as a welder, at times falling asleep across the hood of the trucks she helped assemble. After serving an LDS church mission, she immigrated to America by herself in 1947. She met and married Ray Eldredge on April 12, 1950 in Roosevelt, Utah, and gave birth to son, Scott A. Eldredge on January 11, 1957. Ethel worked hard as a medical transcriptionist, often holding two jobs. After retirement, she flourished as an accomplished artist. Her use of oil, acrylics, pen and ink were a source of great pride, often painting her favorites, floral and landscapes, and portraits of friends and their pets. She studied handwriting analysis and hypnotherapy, which she also taught, and took an interest in jewelry making and belly dancing. A voracious reader, Ethel still enjoyed seven books a week well into her nineties.
Ethel was preceded in death by siblings Evelyn Louise Scott, James Fairbrass Scott, Williams Arthur Scott and half-brother Alexander Hosie.
Ethel is survived by son, Scott Allen (Jenny), grandson, Rory Dean (Kona), and granddaughter, Gillian.
A special thank-you to Duncan Wallace MD PC for extending her quality of life, Kathleen Reesor for her vigilant nursing care and Summit Home Health and Hospice for their support.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 31st, 11:00 a.m. at Redwood Memorial Cemetery, 6500 So. Redwood Rd. West Jordan, with a viewing one hour prior to services in the mortuary.
“My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart’s in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go.”
– Robert Burns
Ethel was born in Glasgow, Scotland on June 21, 1919, daughter of Ethel Cordelia Fairbrass Scott and David Schoular Scott. Early morning, January 28, 2015, Ethel passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes. Ethel was being visited and comforted by family members at St. Joseph Villa in Salt Lake City, UT at the time of her passing. Ethel was 95 years old.
After graduation from Glasgow’s Riverside Central in 1934, the war broke out. Under fire from 1939 – 1945, she served as a welder, at times falling asleep across the hood of the trucks she helped assemble. After serving an LDS church mission, she immigrated to America by herself in 1947. She met and married Ray Eldredge on April 12, 1950 in Roosevelt, Utah, and gave birth to son, Scott A. Eldredge on January 11, 1957. Ethel worked hard as a medical transcriptionist, often holding two jobs. After retirement, she flourished as an accomplished artist. Her use of oil, acrylics, pen and ink were a source of great pride, often painting her favorites, floral and landscapes, and portraits of friends and their pets. She studied handwriting analysis and hypnotherapy, which she also taught, and took an interest in jewelry making and belly dancing. A voracious reader, Ethel still enjoyed seven books a week well into her nineties.
Ethel was preceded in death by siblings Evelyn Louise Scott, James Fairbrass Scott, Williams Arthur Scott and half-brother Alexander Hosie.
Ethel is survived by son, Scott Allen (Jenny), grandson, Rory Dean (Kona), and granddaughter, Gillian.
A special thank-you to Duncan Wallace MD PC for extending her quality of life, Kathleen Reesor for her vigilant nursing care and Summit Home Health and Hospice for their support.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 31st, 11:00 a.m. at Redwood Memorial Cemetery, 6500 So. Redwood Rd. West Jordan, with a viewing one hour prior to services in the mortuary.
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