Mary Jane Scull

Mary Jane Scull passed away on Friday night, March 18th at her home in Duncaster, Bloomfield at the age of 86. She was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania and graduated from the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and then Smith College. Upon graduating from college she moved to New York City where she worked with the industrial designer, Donald Deskey and then in store planning at John Wanamaker in Philadelphia. In 1952 she moved to West Hartford with her former husband, Dr. Edward Scull, where they raised their four children. As a dedicated and devoted mother, her first priority was always her family. As a volunteer in the community, during the course of her life she was a member of the Junior League, the Woman's Auxiliary of the Hartford Hospital, a member of the Women's Committee of the Wadsworth Atheneum where she ran many bus trips, and on the Atheneum's Flower Committee creating flower arrangements for the museum for over 20 years. Mary Jane was a member of the Green Gardener's and the Connecticut Valley Garden Club, and served as an approved judge of horticulture and flower arranging for the Garden Club of America. She worked as Project Chairman for the restoration of the Sunrise Overlook in Elizabeth Park, and upon its completion served on the Board of the Knox Park Foundation. In pursuit of her many interests she was a member of the Limestone Fishing Club, the Monday Reading Club, the Hartford Golf Club, and the Asylum Hill Congregational Church, where she served as a deaconate for a period of time. With her love of art, for several years she was involved in organizing art shows at the Duncaster Gallery and contributed her art of flower arranging to the halls of Duncaster. She approached everything she did with great commitment and passion and brought those same qualities to her involvement in gardening, golfing, bridge, fly fishing, ice fishing, flower arranging, music and art. Her greatest gift however, was as a generous and loving mother and friend, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was dearly loved, and will be missed by many. Mary Jane Scull was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G Taylor and was predeceased by the death of her brother James Taylor of West Hartford. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Sue and Bob Trzcienski of Marlborough, her daughter Lisa Scull of Providence, Rhode Island, her son Tim Scull of Canton, and her daughter-in law, Nancy Coates Scull of Bedford, New Hampshire. She was predeceased by her son, Edward "Chip" Scull. And she leaves her four grandchildren: Aime Trzcienski Franco, Torrey Trzcienski, Justin Scull, and Taylor Scull, and her two great grandsons, Nikolaus and Emilio Franco. Also surviving Mary Jane are her sister-in-law Marty Flanders and her niece, Sali Taylor, and nephews Thomas Taylor and James Taylor. Memorial services will be held on Saturday March 26th at Duncaster, 40 Loeffler Road, Bloomfield, CT at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Boys and Girls Club of Hartford, 170 Sigourney Street, Hartford, CT 06105 and the Duncaster Residents Association Community Fund, 40 Loeffler Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002. Arrangements are being made by Molloy Funeral Home, West Hartford.

Mary Jane Scull

March 18, 2011