Marie V. Scholes, 1916-2008

reposted from the Columbia Missourian

COLUMBIA — Marie V. Scholes, a Columbia resident for 60 years, loved reading and conversation about politics and history.

“She seemed to know everything and was extremely intelligent,” said her niece, Diane Lucas. “You could have a good conversation on anything with her even if you didn’t agree. We agreed to disagree on politics.”

When Mrs. Scholes wasn’t talking about history and politics, she was reading about it.

“She read everything,” Lucas said. “Her house was packed with history, politics and mystery books.”

She also enjoyed playing bridge and working crossword puzzles.

“She was just neat, she knew everything and was never judgemental,” Lucas said. “She was the best aunt there could be.”

Mrs. Scholes died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at The Bluffs. She was 91.

She was born Nov. 20, 1916, in Norway, Mich., to Max and Mary Vielmetti. She attended the University of Michigan where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honorary societies and received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

She married Walter V. Scholes, who was a member of the MU history department, in 1941. Mrs. Scholes co-authored a book with her husband in 1970, “The Foreign Policies of the Taft Administration.”

“She and her husband spent many summers in London among other places,” Lucas said.

She is survived by five nieces and nephews, 10 great-nieces and great-nephews and eight great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.

Her husband, one sister and five brothers preceded her in death.

-- HANNAH ZIMMERMAN