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Ada Chiaretta Scott
Ada Chiaretta
Daughter of Italian immigrants from the Susa Valley of Piedmont, raised in the coal-mining melting pot of Price, Utah — 'Utah's Ellis Island.' During World War II she was a Rosie the Riveter in San Diego, assembling the B-17 and B-24 bombers. She and Scotty were married 60 years; she lived to 94.
At a Glance Documented
- Born
- January 13, 1924, Price, Utah
- Died
- April 21, 2018 (age 94), buried American Fork Cemetery
- Parents
- Henry S. Chiaretta & Catherine Allotto (b. 1900, Bruzolo, Italy)
- Spouse
- Hugh "Scotty" Vernon Scott (married June 14, 1943, Portland, Oregon)
- Children
- Four, including Janet Kathern Scott (b. 1951)
- Family line
- Scott · Chiaretta line (Janet's family)
- Relation to Jerry
- Jerry's mother-in-law
How sure are we? Documented through her 2018 obituary and family records.
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Sources for this page
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Ada Chiaretta Scott obituary
Documents Ada's life, her work as a Rosie the Riveter assembling B-17 and B-24 bombers in San Diego, and her 60-year marriage to Scotty.
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American Fork Cemetery records
600 North Center Street, American Fork, Utah. Hugh 'Scotty' Scott and Ada Chiaretta Scott are buried together here.
Notes from the family
Remember something about Ada? A story, a photo, a correction, a date?
Even a messy note helps. Just open the plain-text file
research-notes/ada-chiaretta-notes.md and type it in — or tell Scott (or Claude Code)
“add this to Ada’s page,” and it will be woven in properly,
with the source recorded.