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Malhon M. Scott, 78, of Mount Bethel, died Thursday, April 13, at VNA Hospice House in Lower Saucon Township. He was the husband of the late Dorothy B. Blaine Scott, who died in 2002.
Born Oct. 12, 1927, in Elizabeth, N.J., he was the son of the late Frank Scott Jr. and Helen Morey Scott.
He was president and secretary of Morey La Rue Laundry Company in Linden, N.J., since 1951.
He was a 1945 graduate of Pingry High School and a 1951 graduate of Lafayette College, where he was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force.
He was of the Presbyterian faith.
He was director of the Elizabeth General Medical Center, a trustee of the Gill St. Bernard's School in Gladstone, N.J., a director and president of the YMCA of Eastern Union County, a director and president of the New Jersey Institute of Laundry and Dry Cleaning, a director of the Harmonic Savings Bank and a member of the Board of Health in Kingswood Township, N.J.
He was a member of the Rotary Club of Elizabeth, N.J., for 39 years, a member of the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., a member of the Tuscarora Club in Millbrook, N.Y., and a member of the Belgrade Lakes Association in Maine.
He is survived by one daughter, Robin E. Scott of Lewiston, Maine; three sons, Christopher B. Scott and his wife, Elizabeth, of Delaware Water Gap, Timothy M. Scott of Mount Bethel and Gregory M. Scott of East Stroudsburg; one sister, Patricia S. Grogan, of Jamesburg, N.J.; and two grandchildren, Allison M. Scott and Bryan M. Scott.
All services are private and will be held at the convenience of the family.
Memorials may be made to your local YMCA in memory of Mahlon.
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