SCOTT, Gustaf Warren 1915-2000
SCOTT, CASSEL, FISCHER, MCINTOSH
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Date: 12/28/2012 at 09:34:50
Fairfield Ledger (Ia.)
Monday, February 21, 2000Gustaf Warren SCOTT
Gustaf Warren SCOTT, 84, of West Branch died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2000, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
A memorial service will be held at Raymond Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Friday. The body has been cremated. Burial of cremains will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to East Central Iowa Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
Mr. SCOTT was born June 22, 1915, near Lockridge, the son of Gustaf Victor and Esther Ann CASSEL SCOTT. He married Doris Alice FISCHER May 15, 1937, in Ottumwa.
Mr. SCOTT attended Fairfield High School and Parsons College. He served in the United States Army during World War II. After his discharge from the military, he traveled for Continental Oil Company as a district superintendent until 1947. He then partnered with his brother in the Scott Equipment Company in Winfield. In 1965, he co-founded Farm and Fleet Center (Fleetway Stores) in Muscatine, Iowa City and Marion, and he served as president until his retirement. Mr. SCOTT and his wife relocated to West Branch in May 1999.
During the years he lived in Winfield, Mr. SCOTT was a member of the city council, volunteer fire department, chamber of commerce, Lions Club, Winfield Legion Post 643 and Community Building Board.
He was a member of United Methodist Church in Winfield.
Survivors include his wife; one son, Jim SCOTT of West Branch; one daughter, Julie SCOTT of Iowa City; one brother, Charles T. SCOTT of Winfield; four grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Judith Marie McINTOSH.
(Volunteer transcription. I am of no relation.)
Admin. note: Buried in Lot 3rd.057 with wife Doris who died in 2012.
Doris A. SCOTT's obituary - click here
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