Ruth Estella Scott

Ruth graduated from Sandy High School in 1937. After graduation, she moved to John Day, OR, where she took a job as a secretary for a prominent attorney. When WWII broke out, Ruth moved to Salem, OR, where she worked for the Civil Service, before going to Washington, DC to work for the Department of the Navy. Later moving back to Oregon, she worked many years for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a budget analyst until she retired.

Ruth was an avid fan of both the OSU Beavers and the Portland Trailblazers. She was also proud of her ancestry as a descendent of the 1852 Oregon Trail crossing.

Ruth was preceded in death by her son, Dennis Franklin Scott, parents Nora and Raymond Richey, and sisters Lucena Smith, Dorothy Haberly and Loreta Moore. She leaves behind eight nieces and nephews and her daughter-in-law, Rochelle (Shelly) Corbett, and her husband David Corbett, both of whom cared for her for many years.

Ruth will be buried at Douglass Pioneer Cemetery in Troutdale.