SFC (Ret) Gordon LaMarr Scott

Gordon Scott was born on March 8, 1931 in Nelson, Nebraska to Orval and Marguerite Scott. As a child, he lived in the Kansas –Nebraska state line area, around Superior, Nebraska and attended a one room rural schoolhouse for first through eighth grade. Gordon attended his high school freshman year in Nelson, Nebraska and his sophomore year in Edgar, Nebraska. At age 17, he joined the U.S. Navy for a four year period (1948-1952) where he spent time stationed in Guam (where he graduated with his GED in 1949) as well as aboard the U.S.S. Pittsburgh, a Baltimore class heavy cruiser as a cook (MOS 3060). After leaving the Navy in 1952, Gordon worked for Union Pacific Railroad as a pole lineman before enlisting into the U.S. Army in 1954. As an Army Mess Steward/Cook (MOPS 1824), he served 16 months in Korea before going to Berlin, Germany for 4 years. After his tour in Germany, he was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for 18 months then Fort Carson, Colorado for 18 months before heading back to Korea again for a 1 year tour. After Korea he spent 3 ½ years in France before going to Fort Benjamin Harrison for 11 months followed by a one year tour in Vietnam. He was then stationed back at Fort Carson, Colorado. His future wife, Margaret A. Poenisch, also served in the U.S. Army. Gordon and Margaret (Marge) were married on April 26, 1969 and Gordon retired from the U.S. Army on December 1, 1970. During Gordon’s military service, he received several medals which include; the Navy Occupation Medal (Europe), the Army Occupation Medal (Berlin), 1st Oak Leaf for National Defense Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (4 stars), the Vietnam Campaign Medal, 4 Good Conduct Medals, the Army Commendation Medal, and a Bronze Star Medal. After retiring at Fort Carson, Gordon and Marge moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where he was employed as a guard at the state prison. On August 10, 1971, Gordon and Marge welcomed a daughter, Jennifer K. Scott (Jenny) to their family and after 11 months in Lincoln they moved to Grand Island, Nebraska where Gordon worked at the VA Hospital for the next 6 years. In 1977, Gordon, Marge, and Jenny moved to Waynesville, Missouri where Gordon worked various jobs such as building decks and painting houses. He then attended the Waynesville Vocation School Building Trades course and the Electrical course and continued to work various construction projects around the area. He also worked a few years doing building jobs with a couple of friends, Mike Modrak and Ed Mays, they referred to themselves as L.C.M. Construction (Larry, Curley and Moe). In 1986, Gordon went to work for the Waynesville School District as the Waynesville Vocational School Building Trades Instructor. He spent 7 years with the school district before retiring and moving on to better things like mowing the grass, continuing to cook in the kitchen, and watching his grandson Levi Scott Looper. He was a member of the Plato Masonic Lodge since 1962. Gordon passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014 in the Mercy Hospital of Springfield, Missouri having attained the age of 83 years. Gordon leaves to cherish his memory, his wife: Marge Scott of Waynesville; one daughter: Jennifer Scott Looper and husband Nathan of Waynesville; four grandchildren: Levi Scott Looper, Annie Looper, R.J. Looper and Alex Jones; two sisters: Dolores Gunn of Cheyenne, WY and Sharon Hauschild of Oakley, KS; other relatives and friends. Gordon was preceded in death by one brother, Lyndall Scott and his parents, Orval and Marguerite Scott. Services were held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 2014 in the Memorial Chapels and Crematory of Waynesville / St. Robert with Rev. Danny Graves officiating. The songs “Waltz Across Texas” by Ernest Tubbs, “Desperadoes Waiting for a Train” by The Highwaymen and “Life’s Railway to Heaven” by Porter Wagoner were played. Serving as escorts were Nathan Looper, Jim Garrett, Mike Jones, Dean Calkins, John McPhearson and Jerry Anderson. Serving as honorary escorts were Warren Carney, Ray Fleischer, Clarence Jones, Bill Shaw, Kevin Flynn and Frank Sanchez. Burial with military honors followed in the Sunset Memorial Estates Cemetery of Waynesville. Military honors were provided by the United States Army of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

SFC (Ret) Gordon LaMarr Scott

March 8, 1931 - May 10, 2014