Margaret Scouton

Margaret Scouton, 96,

lifelong Minot resident

and the granddaughter of

Minot pioneers, died on

Sunday, November 3,

2019 in a Minot nursing

home.

Margaret Gail Olson

was born on June 18, 1923

in Minot to Oscar and

Bessie (Siverson) Olson.

Oscar was the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Olaf A. Olson

who arrived in 1882 by

covered wagon to the

southern reaches of the

Mouse River Valley which

eventually became the

city of Minot. They home-

steaded land in the area of

what is now the Oak Park

and Arrowhead Shopping

Center areas of Minot.

Oscar was six months old

at the time and Margaret

was the only grand-

daughter of Olaf.

Margaret was raised and

educated in Minot and

graduated from Minot

High School in 1941. She

continued her education

at the University of North

Dakota in Grand Forks. It

was at U.N.D. that she

met Donald L. Scouton, a

native of Inkster ND and

they were later married.

They made their home in

Minot where she was a

fulltime wife, mother and

homemaker and Donald

served in the Army and

Army Reserve and was

employed by the

I.R.S., established and

managed Thrifty Gas

Company throughout

North Dakota and was a

land developer. Donald

died on June 12, 1969.

Margaret had continued to

reside in Minot and in

Palm Desert CA during

the winter months.

Margaret was a member

of First Lutheran Church –

Minot and its Women of

the Evangelical Lutheran

Church in America. She

especially enjoyed garden-ing, reading walking and

the warmth of the desert

during the winter months.

Margaret is survived by

her son: Roger (Sue) Scou-

ton of Redondo Beach CA;

grandchildren: Conrad

and Gavin Scouton and

Vanessa Scouton Yepez

and brother-in-law: Wil-

liam Scouton of Arlington

VA.

Margaret was preceded

in death by her parents,

husband and son: Dr. Lar-

ry Scouton.

Celebration of the Life

of Margaret Scouton: De-

cember 13, 2019 at 10:00

a.m. in the chapel of the

Thomas Family Funeral

Home – Minot.

Interment will be in

Rosehill Memorial Park –

Minot.

Visitation will be one

hour prior to the service.

Memorials are pre-

ferred to the Minot Voca-

tional Workshop or to

Headstart.

Memories and con-

dolences can be shared at

www.thomasfamilyfunera

lhome.com.