Adeline Elioff Scott, 96, died at home Monday morning, September 11, 2023.
She was born at home in Syracuse, NY, on July 16, 1927, the third of five children of Lazar and Eugenia (Gronkowski) Elioff.
She attended the Madison School in Syracuse through eighth grade and graduated from Vocational High School in Syracuse in 1945.
After high school, she was employed at Continental Can Co. and New York Telephone Co., both in Syracuse.
She married Murray B. Scott of Henderson, NY on May 20, 1950, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Syracuse, NY. They moved to Henderson where she resided until her death. Adeline became a full-time mother and homemaker, and together with Murray raised seven children and fostered seven foreign-exchange students.
She was a communicant of Queen of Heaven Catholic Church in Henderson, NY. She had been a church trustee and was a member of both the church's "Why Catholic?" group and its Prayer Group.
Adeline also had been a member of: the Henderson Home Bureau; Jefferson County Women's Republican Club, of which she was a past president; the 1989 Jefferson County Committee for the 175th Re-enactment of the Cable Carry, which she served as treasurer; and the Henderson Free Library "Book Worms."
Surviving are: seven children, Paul (Debi) Scott, Panama City, FL, Elaine J. Scott, Henderson, NY, Gregory (Dawn) Scott, Henderson, NY, William (Michele) Scott, Baldwinsville, NY, Ann Marie (Tim) Smith, Hillsborough, NJ, Barbara (Edward) Brewer, Colorado Springs, CO, and Robert (Sheryl) Scott, Fort Lauderdale, FL; a foster son, Jorge (Karin) Ortiz de La Pena, Mexico City, Mexico; a sister, Pauline Wagner, The Villages, FL; a brother, Theophilus Elioff, Manlius, NY; 18 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Murray B. Scott who died on January 9, 2013, and sisters Valeria Dombrowski and Helen Swender, both of Syracuse, NY.
Burial in the Scott plot in St. Cecilia's Cemetery, Henderson, NY.
Source: Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home, Belleville, NY
Adeline Elioff Scott, 96, died at home Monday morning, September 11, 2023.
She was born at home in Syracuse, NY, on July 16, 1927, the third of five children of Lazar and Eugenia (Gronkowski) Elioff.
She attended the Madison School in Syracuse through eighth grade and graduated from Vocational High School in Syracuse in 1945.
After high school, she was employed at Continental Can Co. and New York Telephone Co., both in Syracuse.
She married Murray B. Scott of Henderson, NY on May 20, 1950, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Syracuse, NY. They moved to Henderson where she resided until her death. Adeline became a full-time mother and homemaker, and together with Murray raised seven children and fostered seven foreign-exchange students.
She was a communicant of Queen of Heaven Catholic Church in Henderson, NY. She had been a church trustee and was a member of both the church's "Why Catholic?" group and its Prayer Group.
Adeline also had been a member of: the Henderson Home Bureau; Jefferson County Women's Republican Club, of which she was a past president; the 1989 Jefferson County Committee for the 175th Re-enactment of the Cable Carry, which she served as treasurer; and the Henderson Free Library "Book Worms."
Surviving are: seven children, Paul (Debi) Scott, Panama City, FL, Elaine J. Scott, Henderson, NY, Gregory (Dawn) Scott, Henderson, NY, William (Michele) Scott, Baldwinsville, NY, Ann Marie (Tim) Smith, Hillsborough, NJ, Barbara (Edward) Brewer, Colorado Springs, CO, and Robert (Sheryl) Scott, Fort Lauderdale, FL; a foster son, Jorge (Karin) Ortiz de La Pena, Mexico City, Mexico; a sister, Pauline Wagner, The Villages, FL; a brother, Theophilus Elioff, Manlius, NY; 18 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Murray B. Scott who died on January 9, 2013, and sisters Valeria Dombrowski and Helen Swender, both of Syracuse, NY.
Burial in the Scott plot in St. Cecilia's Cemetery, Henderson, NY.
Source: Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home, Belleville, NY
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