OBIT: Gray (Fitch) SCARIOT, 2005, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  Scariot, Gray Fitch  06/06/  Daily American
  
  Gray Fitch Scariot, 64, Indian Lake, and Sanibel, Fla., died June 04, 2005,
  after a brief illness. Daughter of the late Janet Reed Fitch and T.S. Fitch,
  founder of Washington Steel Corporation. Preceded in death by one brother,
  Colin Reed Fitch. Surviving are her husband, Louis A. Scariot of Washington,
  and her daughter, Janet Reed Scariot of Sanibel, Fla.; two brothers, William
  T.S. Fitch and Thomas E. Fitch; three sisters, Mary Fitch Keliikipi, Rosamound
  Fitch Fergus, and Madeleine L. Fitch; numerous nieces and nephews and three
  great-nieces and one great-nephew. She attended East Washington schools and
  graduated from Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh. She attended Vassar
  College and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. She also earned her
  private pilot's license. She was an avid reader and for many years operated a
  bookstore on the South Side of Pittsburgh. She was an active volunteer
  throughout her life, serving on the board of the Washington YWCA, and she was
  instrumental in the formation of the Washington Women's Shelter. She supported
  a wide range of women's causes. In her later years, she spent much of the year
  on Sanibel Island, where she was a docent for the Sanibel Historical Museum and
  a volunteer at the Sanibel Public Library. She enjoyed giving birding tours of
  the Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge. Her summers were spent at Indian Lake, where
  she entertained extensively and taught friends and family to water-ski. All who
  visited found peace and support. Friends will be received June 8-10 at her
  residence at Indian Lake, where a memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. June
  11. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Washington
  Women's Shelter or the Sanibel Historical Museum.