Elizabeth Louis Murdoch Scott
Elizabeth Louis Murdoch Scott, 87, of Burgettstown, Hanover Township, passed away Friday, August 26, 2022, in the Weirton Medical Center.
She was born December 21, 1934, the only child of the late Charles M. and Margaret M. Springer Murdoch.
Mrs. Scott was a caregiver for Life Management Consultants in Beaver Falls and volunteered in the South Side School and New Horizon.
Her husband was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving on the USS Okanogan and she was very active with the USS Okanogan Organization calling all the crew members for the ship’s yearly reunion. Because of her dedication she became affectionately known as the “Okie-Nagger.”
Her husband, William J. Scott, Sr., whom she married March 16, 1951, passed away April 10, 2012.
She is survived by her three children, William J. Scott, Jr. and wife Cindi of Georgetown, Carol A. Hughes and husband Jim of Hanover Township, and Sheila L. Andrews of Burgettstown; six grandchildren, Heather Marie Hughes, Jay A. Hughes III, Darci L. Scott, Trey Scott, Amanda Dalessandri (Jeff) and Eliza Dalessandri-McCartney; and great-grandchildren, Samantha Jo and Charles A. Reed, Phoenix Hughes, Desmond Hughes, Essex Shore and Cady Carbough.
Family and friends will be received from 1 until the 2 p.m. time of services, officiated by Pastor Wilmer Olszewski, Saturday, September 3, in the Lee & Martin Funeral Home, 73 Highland Avenue, Burgettstown, PA 15021. Inurnment will follow in Grandview Cemetery, Florence.
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If desired, memorial donations may be made, in Mrs. Scott’s memory, to Burgettstown Senior Citizens Association, 200 Senior Way, Burgettstown, PA 15021 and/or the USS Okanogan Organization, 7750 East Broadway 559, Mesa, AZ 85208-1364 or at www.ussokanogan.org.