Carol A. Scott Place,  beloved mother, grandmother and sister

CUBA LAKE — Carol A. Scott Place, 81, of 212 ½ West Shore Road, Cuba Lake, passed away Monday (March 2, 2026) at Olean General Hospital, after a lengthy illness.

Born May 11, 1944, at the Cuba Memorial Hospital, she was a daughter of Gerald D. and Faith McKinney Scott. On July 9, 1966, at the Cuba First Baptist Church, she married Norman H. Place, who predeceased her Oct. 24, 2012.

Carol was a graduate of Cuba Central School, Class of 1962, SUNY Oswego with a degree in secondary biology education and St. Bonaventure in 1976 with her master’s degree in elementary education.

She worked for Cuba Central School (now Cuba-Rushford) teaching third, pre first, kindergarten and second grade prior to retiring in 2006.

Carol was a member of the Cuba First Baptist Church since she was 12, where singing in the choir was one of her greatest joys.  She was also a season ticket holder for St. Bonaventure basketball for many years.

She loved dogs, scrapbooking and other paper crafts, but especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by a son, Scott M. (Erin) Place of Rockport, Mass.; two granddaughters, Cayla and Morgan Place; a sister, Hope Benjamin; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by a sister and brother-in-law, Mary Helen (Robert) Scott; and a brother-in-law, Rodney Benjamin.

Services will be held later this spring at a date and time to be announced.

Arrangements are under direction of the Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home & Memorial Service, Inc., Cuba.