Carolyn Ruth (Casto) Scott

Carolyn Ruth Casto Scott 74 of Junction City passed away Wednesday August 30, 2023, at the Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster.

She was born March 20, 1949, in Charleston, West Virginia, a daughter of Helen Leota Casto and the late Robert C. Casto.

Besides her mother, she is survived by her loving husband of 31 years Delmar Scott Sr.; two sons Bradley A. Collins and James C. Harris; stepchildren Kathy Hinkle, Cindy Dickerson, Mark Scott, Sue Scheirer, Beverly Renick, Marilyn Gaughan and Delmer Johnson; several grandchildren, step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren.

Besides her father she was preceded in death son James William “Billy” Harris Jr., her daughter Karen Ann Collins and stepson Jeffrey A. Scott.

Carolyn was a graduate of Morgan High School and a retired employee from Sunbridge Rehabilitation of New Lexington; she loved to spend her free time researching genealogy and making contact, with distant relatives to unlock her Native American heritage and visiting pow-wows; she loved to travel, listen to country music, and talk with everyone.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday September 5, 2023, at the J.E. Humphrey Funeral Home, 118 W. Walnut Street Shawnee, with Pastor Richard Fitch officiating.

Interment: Maplewood Cemetery, New Lexington.

Friends may call from 4-8 P.M. on Monday at the funeral home.

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