Ottilia Scott
Ottilia Scott, 91, of Concordia Haven Apartments, Cabot, died at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday at her home.
Born Dec. 17, 1918, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Edward Haerich and Emma Budnik Haerich.
Mrs. Scott was a member of the St. Luke Lutheran Church in Cabot.
She enjoyed Hawaiian music, art, painting, creative writing and reading.
Mrs. Scott was a professional musician of Hawaiian music and did her own radio show on KQV and WWSW radio stations in Pittsburgh. She traveled throughout the United States with her own trio and then later with Johnny Kaaihue and the Royal Hawaiians. She also wrote some of her own music.
Mrs. Scott is survived by her husband, Walter B. Scott, who she married May 26, 1946; three daughters, Arlene Thomas of Coral Springs, Fla., Holly Daum of Leeper, Pa., and Malia Hoffstot of Palm City, Fla.; five grandchildren, Sharon Rooney Goodman of Coconut Creek, Fla., Jennifer Thomas of Coral Springs, Fla., Lindsay Stockland of Dingmas Ferry, Pa., Christy Hinkle of Lebanon, Pa., and Kathleen Daum of Leeper, Pa.; and four great-grandchildren, Cameron Goodman, Morghan Goodman, Jayme Hinkle and Codi Stockland.
Mrs. Scott was preceded in death by one sister, Elsie Kucan.
<B>SCOTT</B> — Friends of Ottilia Scott, who died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St., Butler. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Pastor Barry Keurulainen of St. Luke Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Royal Cemetery, Glenshaw.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.
