ARTHUR GORDON “ART” SCOTT OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY JULY 6, 2001 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS. ART WAS BORN NOVEMBER 5, 1913 AT TRAVERS, ALBERTA TO ORRIS AND MABLE SCOTT.
IN 1939 ART MOVED TO VULCAN WHERE HE BEGAN WORKING AS A MECHANIC AT BILL BROWN’S GARAGE AND IN OCTOBER THE SAME YEAR MARRIED MARY McCLIMENT. HE JOINED THE NAVY IN 1943 AND SERVED IN HALIFAX. IN 1945 HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY AND RETURNED TO VULCAN WHERE HE PURCHASED THE BLACKSMITH SHOP WHICH HE OPERATED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1962 HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE COUNTY OF VULCAN WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A MECHANIC, WELDER AND A MACHINIST. MARY PASSED AWAY IN MARCH OF 1982 AFTER A LENGTHY BATTLE WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. IN 1987 HE MARRIED ETHEL SANSOME. ART RETIRED IN 1978 AT THE AGE OF 65 YEARS AND IN NOVEMBER OF 1995 HE MOVED INTO VULCAN EXTENDICARE. ART ENJOYED THE OUTDOORS, WORKING IN HIS VEGETABLE GARDEN, PRUNING HIS ROSES, PICKING SASKATOONS AND FISHING. HE ALSO SPENT MANY HOURS CARVING DIAMOND WILLOW CANES.
LOVING FATHER OF TWO SONS JAY (ELAINE) SCOTT OF DEWINTON, DOUG (RONA PARK) SCOTT OF NELSON, B.C., FIVE GRANDCHILDREN SANDRA SCOTT (KEN STEWART) OF CALGARY, JAY (DIANA) SCOTT OF OKOTOKS, LISA (JAY) ROBERGE OF VANCOUVER, B.C., ZACHARY AND ANNA PARKSCOTT OF NELSON, B.C., TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN LAUREL AND JILLIAN SCOTT OF OKOTOKS, THREE SISTERS DOROTHEA MANSFIELD OF GRANDE PRAIRIE, MABLE REA OF CALGARY AND RUTH ORCHARD OF LETHBRIDGE, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
ART WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FIRST WIFE MARY IN 1982, SECOND WIFE ETHEL IN 1999, THREE BROTHERS WALTER, RAYMOND, GEORGE AND HIS PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2001 AT 1:30 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH SHIRLEY COLLARD D.M. OFFICIATING.
CASKET BEARERS AL BERTRUM, HAROLD MAGNUSON, MELVIN MAGNUSON, KEN NADOBNY, RON GORZITZA AND ERNIE DOUVILLE.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE TRIBUTES IN ARTHUR’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF CANADA CALGARY CHAPTER #238, 2116-27 AVENUE N.E. CALGARY T2E 7A7.
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