Ada Mae Scott, 95, of Vashon Island, WA, passed away peacefully Saturday, September 13, 2014 with family at her side. Ada was born to the late Lowell V and Ida E Thrasher on April 29, 1919 in Princeton, Idaho. She graduated from Potlatch High School in 1937. In 1940 she married the late Charles James Scott of Palouse, Washington. Following his discharge from the Army in February 1946, they moved to Spokane, WA where they made their home for 55 years until his passing in August 2000. Ada moved to Vashon in 2011 to be with her daughter, Charon, and son-in-law Mark.

Ada loved people and made friends easily. With a passion for dancing, she and Chuck formed their own square dance club in Spokane and revived the Shadle Park Summer Slab dances under the stars. She was a life-long dancer with the Daughters of the Nile (supports Shrine Childrens’ Hospitals), as well as performed and choreographed dance numbers for PTA fundraising musicals written and directed by her husband. She joined two golf clubs in the early 60s so she could play 3-4 days a week, which she did for over 30 years. Ada and Chuck loved to entertain not only at their home but at their lake cabin in Idaho, which they built in 1948, and their condo in Honolulu. They hosted one to two parties a month throughout their lives for family and friends, with groups ranging from 20 to more than 100. Following Chuck’s retirement in 1981, they traveled extensively, often accompanied by many of their friends, to all the continents except Antarctica. Ada will be remembered f or her kind and happy spirit honed since childhood through gentle teasing, rhyming, and silly antics always with a goal to lighten anothers’ load with a smile or laugh.

Ada is survived by her two daughters, Charon Scott-Goldman (Mark) of Vashon Island, WA, and Linda Butler of Pocatello, Idaho; six grandchildren: Randall (Carol) Stubbs, Arusha, Tanzania; Rodney Stubbs, Spokane, WA; Cynthia Holmgren, Everett, WA; Shane Polizzano, Portland OR; Rhonda (Mike) Pierce, Camas, WA; Heather Polizzano, Pocatello, ID; twelve great grandchildren and one great great grandson.

Arrangements are being handled by Yarington Funeral Home in White Center. A celebration of Ada’s life is planned for October. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Vashon Community Care Center or a charity of your choice.

Paid Obituary.