Laura-Jane Scott

Laura-Jane Scott, 50, formerly of Boxborough and Westborough, passed away Sunday evening, July 24, 2011. She was born in Worcester, MA, the daughter of Dale and Sara-Jane (Scott) Chambers. Ms. Scott attended the Westborough schools and was an accomplished athlete and graduate of Westborough High School in the class of 1978. She went on to attend New England College in Henniker, NH, where she studied communications and photography on a field hockey scholarship. Upon leaving school, she worked as a staff photographer for the Beacon newspaper groups. Eventually Ms. Scotts interests turned to the accounting world as she worked as the company controller for Stork Veco International, Inc. in Bedford MA. She was an avid hockey player her entire life. She played for, started and ran the Cheetahs Womens Ice Hockey program in Marlborough, MA. Ms. Scott also enjoyed her years as ice hockey coach for the Acton-Boxborough Girls High School, College of the Holy Cross and Boston University teams. She also spent fourteen years as field hockey coach at Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, MA. Other interests included: politics, website design, computer repairs, motorcycle riding and beach walking. Ms. Scott was very proud of her family and enjoyed spending time with her parents, children, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and siblings. She is survived by two wonderful children, Megan Scott Lyons of Boston and Jeffery Michael Lyons of Boxborough and his wife Caitlyn Hartnett and their precious daughter Caylee Elizabeth Lyons: her parents of Westborough, three sisters, Faye Sterling and her husband Michael of Choptank, MD, Dr. Lianne Carroll McCann and her husband Peter McCann of Concord, MA, Grace Ruggiero of Ballston Spa, New York: two brothers, Dale Chambers III and his wife Christine of Salem, NH, Dean Chambers and his wife Tammy of Breckenridge, CO, many nieces and nephews, and loving cat Shay. She also leaves behind special friends Nanci Pradas, Michelle Snow, and Betsy Campagnola. Relatives and friends are invited to visiting hours on Friday, July 29th from 4:00-8:00pm at the Acton Funeral Home, 470 Massachusetts Ave (Rte 111) Acton. Memorial contributions may be made to either to benefit Ms. Scott's granddaughter, the Caylee Elizabeth Lyons Trust, c/o DCU Tyngsborough Branch, 378 Middlesex Rd., Tyngsborough, MA 01879, or to benefit American Foundation for Suicide Prevention fundraiser walk in which her daughter, Meg, will participate at: http://afsp.donordrive.com/participant/laurascott