Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Mary Jane GAYNOR
Mary Jane Gaynor Scott, 93, of Newtown Square, a champion trapshooter who once owned a Center City landmark, died of pneumonia Tuesday, Dec. 21, at Bryn Mawr Hospital.Mrs. Scott grew up in Wallingford and graduated from Strath Haven High School. After World War II, she spent time in Germany, where her first husband, a U.S. Army captain, was a lawyer during the Nuremberg trials. After they divorced in the late 1940s, Mrs. Scott worked in a Center City law firm and invested in real estate. She bought two or three buildings in Center City, including 1523 Walnut St. Her tenants at that site were a succession of fine restaurants, including La Banquette and Helen Sigel Wilson's, her son Gary said. Eventually, she sold the building to Georges Perrier, who moved his top-rated restaurant, Le Bec-Fin, there from Spruce Street in 1983. In 1955, Mrs. Scott married Raymond P. Scott, owner of an Oldsmobile dealership in Lower Merion.Their three sons attended the Haverford School, and she served on the board of the private boys school.Mrs. Scott was a founder and later president of the Women's Trapshooting League of Philadelphia. She won many tournaments shooting clay targets at the Philadelphia Country Club, her son said, and could still handle a 12-gauge shotgun well into her 80s. She and her husband were members of the African Safari Club, and many of their friends were big-game hunters, but she would never shoot animals, their son said. Mrs. Scott's husband died in 1983. In addition to her son, she is survived by sons Robert and Philip and three grandchildren. A memorial service will be held in the spring.
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