Jean Scott

Known to most as Jean, she was born in Long Beach, California, on January 9, 1929, to Lawrence B. Dickerson and Ruth Janyce Gardner. The family later moved from California to Colorado, where Jean graduated from South High School in Denver. Later that same year she married Clifford Lyle Scott on November 15, 1947.

Jean was a proverbial “jill of all trades,” working at “the Denver Dry” (Denver Dry Goods) during high school, as well as the Wayfair Inn in Berthoud, Colorado. She went on to teach preschool for 25 years, first in Lakewood, Colorado, and later in Sullivan, Illinois, where she helped establish the Sullivan Preschool in 1971 and served as its director until 1979. That year the Scott family returned to Denver, where Jean eventually took on the role of activities coordinator at a local residential care facility. Her lifelong vocation, however, was that of minister’s wife: she spent her life supporting her husband, her family, their many congregations and each community in which she lived.

Jean loved sewing, camping, hiking and traveling with her family, and took up painting after she and Cliff retired to Estes Park, Colorado. The couple had a total of 27 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She will be missed by many; anyone who had the privilege of meeting her felt blessed.

Jean is survived by her daughter Christy S. Durrett (Ward), her son-in-law Mark Sheets, her daughter-in-law Celeste Norman Scott, her grandchildren Stephanie Smith (Anthony), Elizabeth Chase (Brok); Robert Sheets (Maggie), Benjamin Sheets (Kristie), Jacob Sheets (Rachel); Genevra Scott (Mike), Eli Scott (Summer); Jennifer Durrett, Lindsi Guest (Michael), and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Clifford L. Scott, her daughters Catherine Baker (Stephen) and Deborah Sheets, her son Clifford P. Scott, her parents Lawrence Dickerson and Ruth Gardner, and her siblings Janyce and Larry Dickerson.

A celebration of Jean’s life will be held at 2pm on Sunday March 8th at Heart of the Rockies Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 6501 Brittany Street, Fort Collins, Colorado.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Jean's name to: Heart of the Rockies Christian Church.