Alberta Jean Scott, 67, of Oil City, formerly of Reamstown, Lancaster County, and Emlenton, died at 6:35 a.m. Sunday at UPMC Northwest, Seneca, following a lingering illness.

Miss Scott had been a resident of the Oil City Presbyterian Home since April 2005.

Born April 30, 1939, in Scrubgrass Township, Venango County, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and the late Jennie McKee Scott.

She was a 1956 graduate of Emlenton High School.

In her early years, she was a member of the Six Points Church of God of Prophecy.

Miss Scott lived all her working life in Reamstown, and was employed by Agere Systems Inc., formerly AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Western Electric, a company that manufactured microchips for telecommunications equipment. She retired in 2002.

Surviving are three brothers, John O. Scott and his wife, Janice, of Chester, W. Va., R. Edward Scott of Emlenton and Glenn M. Scott of Newport News, Va.; a sister, Mrs. Donald H. (Rita S.) Weisenfluh of Kennerdell; 10 nieces and nephews; and a number of great-nieces, great-nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

<B>SCOTT</B>— Friends of Alberta Jean Scott, who died Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the <B>Hile Funeral Home</B>, 1204 Kerr Ave., Emlenton.Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with the Rev. Robert L. Burdette, a retired Church of God of Prophecy pastor, officiating.Burial will follow in the Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Township, Venango County.