Last Name: SCOTT |
First:
George |
Middle:
Gordon, Jr. |
Lot # : 261 |
Plot # : 2 |
Gender: M |
Birth Name:
Scott |
Born: 12 Nov
1927 |
Died: 7 May
2012 |
Burial Date: |
Ledger Notes:
Funeral: Attrell's |
Notes: WW II Veteran, U. S. Navy,
South Pacific aircraft carrier
Obituary: George Gordon Scott, Jr.
Nov 12, 1927 - May 7, 2012
George
Gordon Scott Jr., died on May 7 with his family by his side. He was 84
years old.
The youngest of five children, he was born in Columbus,
Mont., on Nov. 12, 1927, to George Gordon Scott Sr. and Lucy Mary (Pool) Scott.
Known as "GG" in his younger years, he graduated from Columbus High School in
1945 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Upon completion of his hitch on an
aircraft carrier in the South Pacific, he worked as a railroad fireman and
enrolled at the University of Montana, where he met his future wife, Mary Louise
(Pinky) McCallie. After his graduation, they were married on June 26, 1953,
in Billings, Mont., where they made a home. Both were proud supporters of
the Griz for the rest of their lives.
In 1962, Mr. Scott took a job with Great Western
Chemical Company in Portland, moving west with their two children, Patrick and
Shannon. A third child, Erin, joined the mix in 1965. In 1968, the
family settled in Sherwood, where Mr. Scott worked their 10 acres for almost 34
years, raising cows, horses, pigs and finally houses.
In 1981, Mrs. Scott died and Mr. Scott opted to stay on the farm and continue
their "project". Foothills Estates was the culmination of their dream in
1994. In 1985, Mr. Scott remarried, bringing Cheryl Dreyer to the farm.
In 2002, they moved off Foothills Estates to Woodhaven, where they shared many
new endeavors, including Operation Babylift, a prison mother's clothes program,
and numerous St. Francis Parish projects.
Surviving are his wife, Cheryl; sisters-in-law, Dorothy
Scott of Portland and Patricia Hudson of Ridgecrest, Calif.; his son Patrick and
his wife Cindy Scott of Silverton; daughter Shannon and her husband Gary Kelley
of Newberg, son Erin Scott of Santa Monica, Calif., and Cheryl's daughter
Rebecca Gifford of Beaverton; 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and
numerous nephews and nieces.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his brothers
Chester and James; and sisters Frances and Grace. Services were in the
care of Attrell's Sherwood Funeral Chapel. The family of George Gordon
Scott Jr. asks that contributions in his name be made to the American Heart
Association and/or Mt. Angel Abbey. |
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Monument Material:
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Granite monument on
concrete apron |
Auxiliary Stones: |
None |
Monument Problems:
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Minor sinking, cracked apron |
Engraving:
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Mint |
Illustrations: |
Cross |
Flower
Containers: |
One holder & cup |
Other Remarks: |
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Inscriptions, top reading
from the East:
SCOTT
GEORGE G.
NOV. 12, 1927 |
MARY LOUISE
"PINKY"
SEPT. 30, 1931 -- JULY 4, 1981 |
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Date Surveyed: 11-11-07 |
Surveyor:
C. Lehan |
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