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Thelma J. Scott

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Thelma J. Scott, age 82, of Waynesburg, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015 in her home.

She was born October 14, 1932 in Waynesburg, a daughter of the late Ralph B. and Bertha Anderson Scott.

She graduated from Waynesburg College in 1954 and taught four years in the Willoughby-Eastlake School System in Ohio. She earned a Master’s Degree in library science degree from Case Western Reserve University.

Miss Scott worked five years in the music library of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she took a number of courses, including piano and organ, music theory, music history, and German. She worked for ten years in the Art and Music Department of the Bayonne Public Library in New Jersey. She returned to Waynesburg to work for 17 years in the Waynesburg College Library, where she specialized in online cataloging and online inter-library communications.

Miss Scott played the piano and organ as a soloist and accompanist. After retiring she played the organ for Sunday school at the Rolling Meadows Nursing Home and also helped with the Good Neighbor Lunches at St. Ann Church.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Waynesburg.

She was the last of her immediate family. Surviving are several cousins.

Deceased are a brother, Robert A. Scott; her stepmother; Virginia Scott and a step-brother, William R. Scott.

Her family is thankful for the dedication and support of Miss Scott’s caregivers and Gentiva Hospice.

Friends will be received from 12 Noon until 1 p.m., the hour of services Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in the Behm Funeral Home, 182 West High St., Waynesburg, with Rev. Gary Grau officiating, followed by interment in Greene County Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made to Gentiva Hospice, 190 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205.

Condolences may be offered at www.behmfh.com .

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