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| JEAN SCANLON 08/15/10 |
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| JEAN IN THE WAVES-KOREAN WAR |
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| JEAN (LA FOY ) SCANLON |
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| MOTHER-JEAN-BROTHER-AUBREY & JEAN |
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| HONOR GUARD-DEER LODGE CEMETERY |
Jean Elaine (LaFoy) Scanlon was born in Milord, Iowa August 29, 1928 and passed away after a losing battle with cancer on December 12, 2010. Her parents were Ray and Jean LaFoy. Jean attended Milford Public School from 1st to 12th grade graduating in 1946. While in high school she was very active in the music department singing, and playing a baritone horn in the band. Her classmates of the graduating class of 1946 have always been very close and Jean continued to e-mail with them frequently.
Upon graduation from high school Jean attended Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa and also the University of Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls, Iowa. In 1950 Jean enlisted in the navy WAVES and became highly skilled as a surgical technician. While in the service she met her future husband, Vince Scanlon and they were married on 1950. After Jean’s honorable discharge from the WAVES she followed her husband, Vince in his 20 years of service. The couple lived in California, Hawaii and Virginia during those years. At each base, that Vince was assigned, Jean managed to secure a job and was very successful in each position.
Upon retirement the Scanlon’s moved to Deer Lodge, Montana where Vince was employed in a drug research program working for Hoffmann Roche. The project closed in 1983 and Vince and Jean bought and operated an H & R Block concern for a number of years. They sold that business and Vince became the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Butte, Montana. While Vince was the pastor Jean played the piano and produced several wonderful musical concerts. She loved music and was choir director of several churches in the Deer Lodge community.
Jean worked at Colonial Manor in Deer Lodge for several years. She was always helping people in many ways. Jean was a wonderful Christian woman and an inspiration to many who knew her. Jean is survived by her husband, Vince, and daughter, Alison and her husband Bruce and two grandchildren, Sarah and Aaron Lanctot of Las Vegas, Nevada. She is also survived by her brother Aubrey LaFoy and wife Connie and three nephews, Randy, Ray and Carl LaFoy and their seven children.
Jean was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend and we will miss her a great deal. God Bless Jean, and we know she is with Jesus Christ, her and our Savior.
Service were held on Wednesday December 15, 2010,at 11:00 a.m. at the Christ Fellowship Church, 306 Montana Ave. Deer Lodge, Montana. Internment was at Hillcrest Cemetery, Deer Lodge, Montana. Jean was a Korean War veteran and a military honor guard conducted a service.
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