St.
Clair County Obits
JOHN RAYMOND SCOTT
Kansas City Star
2 November 2006
John Raymond Scott, 84, of Deepwater, Mo., passed away Friday, October
27 2006, of a heart attack and related complications in a Sioux Falls,
South Dakota cardiac care facility. He died doing what he enjoyed
most- pheasant hunting with family and friends on what proved to be
his 40th consecutive and last annual South Dakota hunting trip to
small town, rural America and the great outdoors that he loved so
much. He was born July 2 1922 in Ogden, IA, as the second child of
John Edward and Grace Myrtle (Crawford) Scott. He is preceded in death
by his parents, his wife of 64 plus years, Mary Catherine (Roy) Scott,
his elder brother Crawford Edward, his younger brother William Donald
and his younger sister Lois Jean (Scott) Vincent. Survivors include
his remaining sibling brother Eddy Lee Scott, and four daughters and
four sons and their spouses, Art and Judith Pamela (Scott)
Neuenschwander of Deepwater, Mo., John Edward Scott II of Henderson,
NV, Raymond Crawford and Carol Scott of Springfield, Mo., James
Michael Scott of Lowry City, Mo., Jeanna Marie (Scott) Selvaggio of
Joplin, Mo., William Glen and Michelle Scott of Belton, Mo., Rebecca
Caye Scott of Joplin, Mo., and Douglas and Lois Janelle (Scott) McCall
of Joplin, Mo. He is also survived by 22 grandchildren, 10 great
grandchildren, one great great grandson and numerous nieces, nephews,
cousins and friends. John "Raymond" was raised in the Kansas City,
Mo., area and was graduated from North Kansas City High School in
1940. On October 11, 1941, he was united in marriage to his wife of 64
plus years, Mary Catherine Roy, a fellow graduate of NKC High School,
class of 1941. Working with his father in the construction trades
prior to the onset of World War II in December 1941, he enlisted in
the U. S. Army in 1942 and served as a Technical Sergeant with the
879th Engineer Aviation Battalion constructing tactical runways and
roads in the China-Burma-India Theater until his discharge in late
1945. Happy to return to civilian life and his wife and first-born
daughter, Raymond resumed the construction trades he practiced before
the war. First as a carpenter with his father who built Jefferson Park
and Washington Elementary schools in Clinton, Mo., and then
independently as a carpenter foreman, a bricklayer and brick foreman,
he became a commercial construction project superintendent, a co-owner
and ultimately owner of his own company, Westport Construction Company
of Clinton, Mo. A few projects included Whiteman AFB housing,
elementary, vo-tech and high schools in Gower, Clinton, Archie,
Greenwood, Ruskin Heights, Sherwood and Holden, Mo., as well as,
Overland Park, Kan. Other construction included Golden Valley Memorial
Hospital, Wetzel Clinic, Warsaw Clinic, Westwood Nursing Home of
Clinton, Mo., along with nursing homes in Concordia and Laurie, Mo.,
and several other communities. His professional career was dedicated
to completing highquality commercial projects for the citizens of many
west central Missouri communities until his retirement in 2002. Early
in his adult life, and with the sponsorship of his father, he became
an active member of the Masons, Scottish Rite and the Shriners in
Kansas City, Mo. A member of the Lowry City School Board in the 1960s
and 1970s, he served as President of the board for several of those
years. His further civic involvement included the American Legion Post
#604 of Lowry City, Mo., and their various community projects. A
member of the Lowry City Optimists Club, he served as President and
later as Lieutenant Governor. An avid bird hunter and fisherman, he
loved Missouri quail hunts and South Dakota pheasant hunts, as well as
bass fishing in Missouri lakes and ponds and trout fishing at Lake
Taneycomo. Raymond was saved by faith, in a motel room in Clinton, IA,
while working on a construction project in that area with his father.
He attended Wright's Creek, Shady Grove, Lakeland Missionary Baptist
and Wheatland Baptist Churches and was later baptized at the First
Baptist Church of Lowry City, Mo. He served as a Church Deacon of the
First Baptist Church for several years in the 1970s. Visitation for
family and friends will be held at the Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home
in Osceola, Mo., on Friday evening, November 3, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be conducted at the First Baptist Church of
Lowry City, Mo., on Saturday, November 4 at 2 p.m., with interment at
Lowry City Cemetery immediately following.
St. Clair County Courier
3 November 2006
John Raymond Scott, 84, of Deepwater, passed away Friday, Oct. 27,
2006, of a heart attack and related complications in a Sioux Falls,
S.D. cardiac care facility.
He was born July 2, 1922, in Ogden, Iowa as the second child of John
Edward and Grace Myrtle Crawford Scott.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 64 years, Mary
Catherine Roy Scott, his elder brother Crawford Edward, his younger
brother William Donald and his youngest sister, Lois Jean Scott
Vincent.
Survivors include his remaining sibling, brother Eddy Lee Scott and
four daughters and four sons and their spouses, Art and Judith Pamela
Scott Neuenschwander of Deepwater, John Edward Scott II of Henderson,
Nev., Raymond Crawford and Carol Scott of Springfield, James Michael
Scott of Lowry City, Jeanna Marie Scott Selvaggio fo Joplin, William
Glen and Michelle Scott of Belton, Rebecca Caye Scott of Joplin and
Douglas and Lois Janelle Scott McCall of Joplin. He is also survived
by 22 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, one great-great grandson
and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
John Raymond was raised in the Kansas City area and was graduated from
North Kansas City High School in 1940. On Oct. 11, 1941, he was united
in marriage to his wife of 64 years, Mary Catherine Roy, a fellow
graduate of North Kansas City High School, class of 1941.
Working with his father in the construction trades prior to the onset
of World War II in December 1941, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942
and served as a Technical Sergeant with teh 879th Engineer Aviation
Battalion constructing tactical runways and roads in the
China-Burma-India Theater until his discharge in late 1945.
Happy to return to civilian life and his wife and first-born daughter,
Raymond resumed the construction trades he practiced before the war.
First as a carpenter with his father who built Jefferson Park and
Washington Elementary schools in Clinton and then independently as a
carpenter foreman, a bricklayer and brick foreman, he became a
commercial construction project superintendent, a co-owner and
ultimately owner of his own company, Westport Construction Company of
Clinton. A few projects included Whiteman Airforce Base houseing,
elementary, vo-tech and high schools in Gower, Clinton, Archie,
Greenwood, Ruskin Heights, Sherwood and Holden, as well as, Overland
Park, Kan. Other construction included Golden Valley Memorial
Hospital, Wetzel Clinic, Warsaw Clinic, Westwood Nursing Home of
Clinton, along with nursing homes in Concordia and Laurie, and several
other communities. His professional career was dedicated to completing
high-quality commercial projects for the citizens of many West Central
Missouri communties until his retirement in 2002.
Early in his adult life and with the sponsorship of his father, he
became an active member of the Masons, Scottish Rite and the Shriners
in Kansas City. A member of the Lowry City School Board in the 1960s
and 1970s, he served as president of the board for several of those
years. His further civic involvement included the American Legion Post
#604 of Lowry City, and their various community projects. A member of
the Lowry City Optimists Club, he served as president and later as
lieutenant governor.
Raymond was saved by faith, in a motel room in Clinton, Iowa while
working on a construction project in that area with his father. He
attended Wright's Creek, Shady Grove, Lakeland Missionary First
Baptist and Wheatland Baptist churches and was later baptized at the
First Baptist Church of Lowry City. He served as a church deacon of
the First Baptist Church for several years in the 1970s.
Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist
Church of Lowry City, officiated by Rev. Jeff Ferguson and Rev. Kent
Parsons.
Music selection will be, "How Great Thou Art", "In The Sweet By and
By", "It Is Well With My Soul" and "Amazing Grace".
Casketbearers will be Todd Neuenschwander, Josh Schmutz, John Scott,
Christopher Rucker, Eli Schmutz, Jacob Scott, Justin Rucker, Andrew
Rucker and Aaron Durall.
Military honors will be given by Clinton VFW Post #1894.
Interment will be in the Lowry City cemetery. Arrangements are being
made by Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, Osceola.
