Marceline Scott

Marceline Hunter was born at home on November 15, 1928 in Thomas, Idaho, the ninth child of Daniel Wann Hunter Jr. and Ruth Helen Hamilton. She passed from this life on Sept. 9, 2022, at home in Prather, California.
In 1930 her father decided to move the family to Arizona, hoping the dry air would help her mother's health. They stopped several times to earn money, including at Hoover Dam in Nevada, where they lived in a tent city.
Marceline enjoyed re-telling this story: "Father liked to tease [and] one day upon returning to the campsite decided to play a trick on Mother She heard a rustling in the bushes and the hair on her arms prickled as the howl of a wolf pierced the air. Without hesitation she grabbed the rifle and took aim. It was a good thing she didn't automatically pull the trigger when father stepped out of the bushes."
Soon after, Marceline's father decided to go to California instead, and they eventually settled in Lincoln. Summers were full of adventure. She climbed trees and rocks, swung on ropes and dropped into creeks, played dolls and hide-and-seek with her cousins, and smashed pennies on the railroad track. Because she was always mushy and silly, her family started calling her Mush.
In 1941 Marceline's father bought a big old two-story house on 10 acres in Citrus Heights with grapevines, olive, almond and cherry trees. "It was heaven." When she was about 13, a brother taught her to drive and from then on she would drive her mother, who didn't drive, to the local dairy to get milk. Giving up driving when she turned 91 was difficult.
In high school Marceline grew to love the theater and in her senior year starred as Roxanne in "Cyrano de Bergerac." Many of her children and grandchildren also love the theater, and she supported them in all their endeavors.
Marceline graduated from San Juan High School in 1947 and attended Sacramento Junior College, graduating with honors as an art major in 1949. She was a gifted artist. While attending college, she also worked as a hospital aide.
Marceline worked for Southern Pacific, McClelland Air Base, and the DMV, where she met her future husband, Homer Scott. The office matchmaker decided that Homer should take Marceline to the college dance and soon they became inseparable. They married on November 17, 1950, and Marceline's focus became her family. In later years, she found satisfaction working as a bookkeeper for the family-owned Mountain Press.
In 1954 the young family moved to Fresno, and in 1958 purchased a two-acre lot in rural Clovis where they built a home. On Sunday drives they fell in love with the foothills, and moved to Prather in 1968.
Marceline was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was proud of her LDS pioneer ancestors. Their testimonies helped strengthen her own beliefs. She received an "undeniable spiritual witness" of latter-day scripture and the truthfulness of Christ's church which she never denied. This faith led her to serve a full-time mission with her husband in Independence, Missouri (1994-1995).
Marceline also had a strong testimony of tithing. She remembered when she was a little girl picking berries or sorting peaches, the first thing she would do when she got paid was pay her tithing. "I definitely believe that the reason the Mountain Press is so blessed is that we pay tithing on everything we make," she often stated.
Marceline was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Homer. She is survived by nine children: Sana Smith, Melanie Stein (David), Shawn Scott (Doris), Alyson Nelson (Cory), Celeste Fixel (Jim), Elizabeth Beatty (Jim), Frazier Scott, Rachelle Flowers (Clifton), and Justin Scott (Brandy); 28 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and her brother James Hunter. Family was her life. She was a woman of grace and courage and will be greatly missed.