Mary Livingood

Mary Lee Scott Crouse Livingood, 74, was called home to be with Jesus at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, January 29, 2013, a warm and sunny day, at the Donnell House, Washington, Pa., after being in failing health for the past several years.She was born September 3, 1938, in East Finley Twp., Washington Co., on the farm where she would be raised, a daughter of the late Arno Gaylord and Ruth Elizabeth Travis Scott.Mary Lee attended the Rocky School (one-room schoolhouse) in East Finley Twp. and was a 1956 graduate of the former Claysville High School.She had formerly resided in the Old Concord area, where she raised her family, the Graysville area and had also resided in Rogersville and the Evergreen Personal Care Home in Waynesburg.Mary Lee was a former member of the Enon Baptist Church and the Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church at Prosperity and was a member and former vacation bible school leader at the Concord Presbyterian Church at the time of her death.She was also a member of the Evening Star Chapter No. 187, Order of the Eastern Star, Claysville, Pa.Mary Lee was well known for her butterscotch pies, homemade rolls and sewing, and was a former Girl Scout leader in the Prosperity area.She was employed by the former Mansion House Restaurant at Old Concord from her early teen years until the early 1970's, and the former Albano's Market in Washington, was a babysitter for several area families, and she and her late husband owned and operated the former Livingood Grocery and Hardware store in Graysville from 1977 until 1988.On September 3(her birthday), 1957 she married Ernest Duane Crouse who died April 24, 1974, and on January 4, 1975 she married Richard Delmar Livingood who died February 7, 2005.Surviving are her daughter, Margaret Teresa, wife of Scott Roberts of Rogersville; a son, Glenn Edward, husband of Pia Crouse of Old Concord; five grandchildren, Haddie Roberts Behm, Olivia Roberts, Jill, Emil and Samuel Crouse; four step children, Mark Livingood of Ohiopyle, Pa., Barbara, wife of Kirk Lamay, Bruce, husband of Mei Yee Livingood and Carl, husband of Lisa Livingood all of Washington; nine step grandchildren, Jason, Ean, Cory, Paul, Max, Tyler and Lexi Livingood, Brandon and Jennifer Lamay; nine step great grandchildren; two foster sons, Chris, husband of Kim Dille of Cecil, Pa. and Brian Dille of Washington; five foster grandchildren, Chad, Tyler, Logan, Shannen and Keith Dille; several nieces and nephews.Deceased in addition to her parents and husbands is her only brother, Arthur Jesse Scott.The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Concord Presbyterian Church, 155 Old Concord Rd., Prosperity, Pa. 15329 or the faith-based daycare program for adults with intellectual disabilities, 2nd Sam 9, Inc., 290 W. High St., Waynesburg, Pa. 15370.