Caroline LeSage Scott

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls, S.D., with visitation starting at 12:00 p.m. for Caroline Mae LeSage Scott, 72, of Sioux Falls, who died January 29, 2025. Burial will be held on May 25, 2025, at Ostervold Lutheran Church Cemetery in rural Finley, N.D., where she will be buried near her parents. All who knew and loved Caroline are welcome to join any of these memorials to honor her life.

Caroline was born on Dec. 14, 1952, in Portland, Ore., to Edwin Elias and Violet Mae (Bloomensaat) Erickson. Caroline was baptized at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Portland and confirmed at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cooperstown, N.D., in 1965. She graduated high school as salutatorian of her class in 1970 from Cooperstown High School in Cooperstown, N.D. Caroline attended the University of North Dakota’s College of Nursing in Grand Forks, N.D., graduating with her BSN in 1974. She began her nursing career in Northwood, N.D. For over 40 years, her nursing career spanned across various specialties including hospitals, home health, behavioral health, and clinics, allowing her to touch the lives of many patients in a profession she loved. While nursing in Rapid City, S.D., she met Warren LeSage, taking her to Kensington, Conn., where they were married in 1978 and her children, Erica and Ryan, were born. Caroline enjoyed her nearly two decades in Connecticut where she made many close friends, but she was also happy to return to her Midwest roots. A mutual love of horses brought her and Kevin Scott together, and they were married on April 10, 1999. Over the years Caroline enjoyed volunteering in her kids’ clubs (girl scouts, VBS, AWANA, etc.), attending bible studies, reading, traveling, horseback riding, camping, and singing any time and anywhere she could. She is survived by her husband, Kevin Scott; daughter Erica (Ben) Gloor; son Ryan LeSage Scott; grandchildren, Oliver and Violet Gloor, all of Sioux Falls, S.D.; one sister, Pat Jensen, of West Fargo, N.D.; and many beloved cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents, infant brother Vernon Elroy, and brother-in-law Darrell Jensen.

Arrangements were made by George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls, S.D.