A celebration of life for Valeska Scott, who died August 14, 2021, will be held Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 2 p.m., at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock St., Rockland.

To read a full obituary or share a memory with the Scott family, please visit their Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.

ROCKLAND — Valeska Scott went home to be with the Lord on August 14, 2021, at Tall Pines Nursing Home in Belfast, after a long period of declining health. She was 92.

Valeska was born in Rockville Center, New York on August 20, 1928 to Leda and Victor Utgoff. She graduated from Stratford High School in Stratford, Connecticut in 1947. She lived for a short time in Hawaii before moving to Northport, New York, where she met and married Robert S. Scott in 1954. Together they raised their young family there.

Valeska and her family spent many summers vacationing in the St. George, Maine area, and they moved there permanently in 1977. She worked for many years as a CNA at the Camden Nursing Home. In her later years,
she resided in Rockland, Maine.

Valeska will be remembered as a devout Christian. She loved spending time with her family and enjoyed boat rides and lobster rolls. She was fluent in Russian and took every opportunity to speak it when she found someone to converse with. She looked forward to her summer visits with her brother Vadym and his wife on Islesboro. A life-long cat lover, she had a special place in her heart for the numerous cats she had over the years.

Valeska was predeceased by her daughter, Stephanie and brothers, Vadym, Victor and Vladimir.

he is survived by her sons, Theodore Scott and his wife Vicki, Stephen R. Scott and his wife Nancy, and Brian Scott, all of Tenants Harbor; nine grandchildren, Stephen C. Scott, Tynesha Johnson, Jessica Goodell, Morgan Scott, Ariana Scott, Victoria Scott, Julia Scott, Hannah Scott and Robert Scott; as well as six great-grandchildren.

A celebration of Valeska’s life will be held Saturday, September 18, 2021, at 2 p.m., at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock St., Rockland. To share a memory or condolence with the Scott family, please visit their Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.