Margaret was an inspiration to many students and teachers as well. Margaret was especially committed to making sure that all students learned to read. I remember the dinners that she and Tony would host in Flagstaff when teachers were up at NAU during the summer. For the past months I have been blessed with the opportunity to take communion to Margaret. May she rest in peace.

What did you learn from Margaret Ellen Scott?

Mrs. Galbadon was the best teacher I ever had. Her teaching stuck to me the most besides Mr.Carr (music)and Mrs.Cook(art). She taught us how to read and memorize words. She said you need to memorize words in order to learn to read. Learning what words meant. Plus learning our times tables and memorizing that was the hardest for a second grader. I remember when she first started at Herrera and I helped her set up her class not knowing she was going to me my favorite teacher. Best of all time. An inspiration to many. She had the patience to teach even the students with special needs and we all learned from her all we needed to succeed in anything we wanted to do in life. I felt blessed to have her as my teacher. Heaven has gained a true Angel. Thank you Mrs. Galbadon for being the best teacher. Truly Loved by Angie Valdez

I am so sorry for your loss. These are my memories of her and the family…My aunt, Ginger Raisch Price, and Yaya were best friends and nuns together. Both were such wonderful, caring people. I can remember my sister, Karen, and I going with my grandmother over to the Scott house. Such a joyful, happy home. Playing Spoons and lots of laughing and possible cheating- rules were a bit loose. Fr. Joel, Eddie, married my sister and I in our double wedding. Tony came to my grandmother’s funeral and ended up in the wrong viewing room at first. When he told us that, we all yelled “You didn’t give them the enchiladas did you?” Even Grandma would have agreed that was a priority. Many other wonderful times that my Aunt Ginger would also relate. Bless all of you.

Margaret Ellen SCOTT GABALDON Yaya Dear Cousins, My heart goes out to you this day. Even though you try and prepare yourself for this transition it is still a shock to lose someone you’ve loved your whole life. I share your grief. But we can be comforted by the knowledge that she led a wonderful and interesting life and our resolute faith in a Soul becoming a Saint. She was a Pistol! Yaya, and her partner-in-mischief, Pat, were the terror of 858 14th Street in the Douglas summers of their youth. And yet the Terror of 858 later entered the Convent of the Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary. I remember attending her Final Vows as she became Sister Matthew Mary and the subsequent party at the Cahill's in Beverly Hills. Several years later, Yaya drove my Dad, my brother Ed, my sister Janice and me from Phoenix to Los Angeles. Here she was, dressed in her black habit, driving through the summer heat of the Arizona-California desert..no air-conditioning! She had her sleeves rolled up and got terrible sunburn on her left arm as it sat on the open window door sill the whole long way. God love her (even though she was a Dodger fan)! That rebellious spirit surfaced again in the late 1960's the as Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary decided to take up the Second Vatican Council's call for renewal. They crafted a list of changes they wanted to make: the good sisters wanted to wear contemporary clothing instead of habits to better connect with the people they served; they wanted to pray together when and where they were able instead of being required to gather at a scheduled time each day; they wanted to be properly credentialed to teach, as most were teachers in Los Angeles-area Catholic schools; and they wanted smaller class sizes, as some had up to 80 students. They had no idea that their requests would force them to choose between bowing to a church hierarchy or leaving religious life. In 1967, a ultra conservative Cardinal McIntyre decreed they either stop the renewal process or stop teaching in archdiocesan schools. Yaya was one of the 220 women that left the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and formed the Immaculate Heart Community, a lay community the cardinal had no say over. They were granted dispensation from their vows and returned to the laity. Yaya returned to Phoenix and taught in the local elementary schools. My brother Ed and I were vacationing in Arizona with our cousins Maria Elena and Rosemary Scott the summer that Yaya got married. Serendipity found us at her wedding to Senator Tony Gabaldon; a wedding officiated by the Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix as I recall. Yaya and Tony were able to purchase her parents house at 914 North 6th Street a family address second only to 858 14th Street in our family lore. I have wonderful memories of that house staying with Matt & Gyp and later Yaya and Tony. Best enchiladas EVER! Her mischievous and rebellious spirit surfaced time and time again throughout the balance of her life. My sister Janine shared the following anecdote: One day she and Michael and I were walking downtown in Phoenix and there were some demonstrators on the sidewalk with whom YaYa didn’t agree. She stopped to engage them, but Tony grabbed her arm to keep her moving away from them. It was a life well-lived: dedicated to her faith, to those she served and to those she loved. My faith comforts me in the knowledge that she is in the embrace of her God, her Husband Tony, her Parents Matt & Gyp, her Brother Eddie and Sister Marion and a host of Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. Yaya, May Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest. Your loving cousin, Ted Park. Picture below is from Kevin & Roxanne's Rehearsal Dinner, 8/30/2013

Diana and Theresa, I am so sorry for your loss. I remember when Tony married Margaret and I know you remained close through the years. Sending love and prayers, Susan, Goyette, Stevens.

Hello, I am so sorry to hear about your loss. However please keep in mind John 5:28,29. Jesus is eager to resurrect those who love him and his father. John 5: (28) Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice (29) and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. With the love we have for Jesus showing him we want to serve him and do his will gives us comfort for the future knowing we can see our loved one again. Please try and stay strong and pray for guidance from Gods word the Bible. Please explore jw.org to get bible questions answered as well as other wonderful informative information.