- Date Of Birth: November 29, 1916
- Date Of Death: February 2, 2019
- State: Connecticut
Irene (Magnuson) Scott, 102, of Portland, wife of the late James C. Scott, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Middlesex Health. Born in Portland, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Ruth (Hallquest) Magnuson.
After retirement, Irene enjoyed traveling both domestically and internationally with her sisters, other family members and good friend, Lorraine Taylor. She also was an avid gardener and a founding member of the Portland River Valley Garden Club.
Irene is survived by two sons, Douglas C. Scott and his wife Kathy of Portland and William E. Scott and his partner Cynthia Gardner of Battleground, WA; a daughter, Leslie S. Pringle and her husband Patrick of Olympia, WA; four grandchildren, Keith Scott (Kishori), Amy Burns (J. William), Cameron Scott (Haley) and Jessie Templeton (Adam); six great grandchildren, J. William Burns, Ryan Burns, Mason Scott, Tyler Scott, Finn Templeton, and Bridger Templeton and many nieces and nephews.
Along with her husband and parents, Irene was predeceased by two sisters and their husbands, Pauline and Edmund Kidney and Helen and Victor Galgowski and her sister-in-law, Anne S. Christopher and her husband Norman.
The Scott family would like to say a special thank you to the staff of Middlesex Health Hospice and the Village at South Farms for their kind, warm and compassionate care.
