Gwendolyn Scott

Gwendolyn E. Scott, 87, of Burleson, passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, April 7, 2017 at Laurel Land Chapel of Chimes with Pastor Rick Owen officiating. Burial will follow in Laurel Land Memorial Park. A time of visiting and sharing with the family will be from 10:00 am to 11:00 am prior to the service.

Gwendolyn Ehrigson was born August 7, 1929 in Fort Worth, Texas. The only child of Hugh Ehrigson and Willie Glenn Ehrigson. She graduated from Polytechnic High School in Fort Worth and attended Texas Wesleyan University for a short time. Gwendolyn married Don Y. Scott on August 8, 1949 in Fort Worth. She worked at Benswanger Glass for a couple of years, then became a domestic engineer for the remainder of her career. Gwen was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth and enjoyed reading, painting, and financial research.

Gwen was preceded in death by her parents and by her husband of 52 years, Don Y. Scott on April 12, 2002.

Mrs. Scott is survived by three daughters: Becky Stringer and her husband Jerry, Rhonda Scott Leither and her husband Larry, and Brenda Tyrone and her husband Sam, six granddaughters: Jaclyn, Amy, Laura, Meagan, Kendall, and Cassidy, and by eight great-grandchildren: Anabelle, Marley, Violet, Kason, Layla, Owen, Boone, and Phillip.