Edna Maude Scott, daughter of Alva and Pearl Morgan Bissell, was born on the family homestead at Mutual, Oklahoma, April 29, 1899 and passed away March 12, 1978 at the Clearview Nursing Home in Clearfield, Iowa, at the age of 78 years, 10 months and 17 days.
Her family moved to Iowa in 1915 and on January 9, 1920 she was united in marriage with Raymond Verne Scott at Atlantic, Iowa. Their union was blessed with four daughters and five sons. Ail of the sons and sons-in-law later served in the United States Armed Forces.
Edna and her husband spent their entire married life farming, primarily in Adams County, and had farmed near Mercer Center for a number of years prior to Mr. Scott's death April 27, 1973. Later that year, Mrs. Scott
moved to Corning where she made her home until stricken by
her final illness.
She took her parental family's closeness and enjoyment of
getting together with her own family in whom she took great
pride, and all of them together had many happy gatherings. The
difficulties of raising a large family in depression years were many but she found many abiding satisfactions in the sewing, gardening and cooking required for they were genuine labors of love.
As her children grew older, she found time to be involved in other activities, such as quilting at both the Mercer Center and Corning United Methodist Churches, and in more recent years became a very avid reader. Another activity important to her was participating in the neighborhood W. L. Club which brought her much pleasure.
Edna was a lifelong church member with her membership in the Mercer Center United Methodist Church at the time of her death.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one sister and two brothers.
Surviving to mourn her passing are her sons and their wives, Claire A., Glenn and Lois, and Edward and Sharon, all of Corning; Gerald Verne and Lois of Diagonal and Marvin D. and
Betty of Renton, Washington: daughters, Illah, Mrs. Clifford
Brown; Doloris, Mrs. Sam Hollander; and Ruth, Mrs. Byron Swartz, all of Corning, and Norma, Mrs. Bud O'Riley of Lakewood, Colorado. She also has 26 grandchildren, 11 greatgrandchildren; three brothers, Ivan Bissell of Corning, Raymond Bissell of Prescott and Claude Bissell of Red Oak; four sisters. Alma Schrader of Lenox, Florence James and Cleda Paul of Corning and lada McKee of Massena, their husbands, numerous other relatives and a great host of friends.
Funeral services were held at the United Methodist Church in Coming March 14 at 1:30 p.m., with Rev. James W. King and
Rev. Floyd Newbrough officiating. Interment was in Prairie Rose Cemetery, Coming. Music was provided by Donna Peckham, organist, and Virgil Lee and Doris Swartz, vocalists.
Pallbearers were David Scott, Douglas Brown, Dick Hollander, Dan Swartz, Bob O'Riley and Raymond Scott. Honorary bearers were Kirk, Kent, Rodney and Randy Hollander and Mike, Mark and Rick Scott. Flower bearers were Sheri, Diana and Michelle Scott.
God saw the road growing rough
The hills were hard to climb
He gently closed her loving eyes
And whispered "Peace be thine."
Her weary days of pain are through,
Her restless nights are past.
Her ever patient worn out frame
Has found sweet rest at last.
Adams County Free Press, March 23, 1978, page 10