Nevaeh Rose Bouma Scott

CHOTEAU - Nevaeh Rose Bouma Scott, infant daughter of Kami Bouma and John Scott of Choteau, was born and died of complications from an untreatable neural tube defect, anencephaly, Wednesday at a Great Falls hospital.
Private family graveside services are Monday in Choteau Cemetery. Gorder Funeral Home of Choteau is handling arrangements.
Nevaeh was born March 10, 2010, in Great Falls, to Kami Bouma and John Scott of Choteau. She weighed 4 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 16½ inches long. Nevaeh, whose name is an anagram of "heaven," was born with an untreatable neural tube defect, anencephaly, that allowed her to live only a few hours, but she spent that time warm, safe, comfortable and surrounded by the love of her whole family. She looked adorable in her little onesie that said "Mommy Loves Me," and with little pink booties on her feet knitted lovingly by her auntie Kyra. The gaze of her deep blue eyes and her soft cooing captured the hearts of everyone whose lives she touched.
In her brief time here, she brought immeasurable joy to her parents, who are so very proud of her fighting spirit and her beauty.
In addition to her parents, Nevaeh is survived by her grandparents, Jim and Barb Bouma of Choteau, and Raymond and Kathy Scott of Fairfield; her great-grandparents, Ralph and Cornelia Bouma of Conrad, Betty Nickol of Ledger, John and Lorna Kennedy of Great Falls, and Mary and Cecil Seright of Fort Benton.
She was preceded in death by an uncle, Bret Bouma, and great-grandparents John Nickol, Don Scott and Bonnie Kennedy.
Memorials are suggested to the March of Dimes or the National Anencephaly Foundation.
Condolences may be left online at www.gorderfuneralhome.com and/or www.gftribune.com/obituaries.