Theresa Scott

Scott, Theresa (Terry) Sevigny, age 95, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2020. Born Tuesday, August 5, 1924, in Worcester, MA to Amateur and Corrine Ducharme Sevigny who preceded her in death as did her sister, Elizabeth Baxter, and brother, George Sevigny, She was raised in Springfield, MA where she worked as a secretary during WWII years. She worked in NYC 1946-1947 and 1948 -1952 in Hollywood, CA for the Sons of the Pioneers; 1952- 1953, Batten, Barton & Durstine & Osbourne (BBDO) Advertising, (Jack Benny – Groucho Marx shows), 1954 – 1959 NBC-TV. She married Albuquerquean Charles G. Scott on Saturday, July 25, 1959, and had lived in Albuquerque ever since. He died in 1982. In Albuquerque, she worked as a legal secretary for several attorneys until retirement in 1987 and part time for then Big A Auto Parts until 1997. She was active in AARP’s Widowed Persons Service and Chapter II, a New Beginning for the Widowed. She loved music especially western and was a member of the Western Music Association. She also enjoyed attending Oasis programs at The Story of New Mexico at UNM, she was a season ticket holder of the Music Theatre Southwest. She is survived by her brother, Charles Sevigny of Tanger, Morocco, and Paris, France; niece, Anne McDonald  of Pompey, NY; nephews, Leon Sevigny of Cranford, NJ, Charles Michael Sevigny of Springfield, MA, James and Thomas Baxter of West Springfield, MA, and William Baxter of Hampden, MA; and four grandnieces, and six grand nephews. Theresa loved cats. Memorial donations may be made to Animal Humane of Albuquerque New Mexico, 615 Virginia St SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108. https://animalhumanenm.org/donate/. Cremation has taken place, Interment will be at St. Michael’s Cemetery in Springfield, MA where she will be laid to rest with her mother.