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James W. Scott Jr. age 91 of Wayne died Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at his home in Wayne. His health was in decline and he made a special request of his family to do whatever it took for him to stay in his residence in his autumn days. His death was quiet and peaceful in the warmth of his own home.
He was born in Kingston, New York and shortly after his marriage to Nan Inglis they moved to the Packanack Lake section of Wayne where he spent the last sixty-seven years. Jim and Nan were one of very few early settlers to the new and modern planned community called Packanack Lake.
Jim received his formal education at Kingston High School graduating with the Class of 1935. He then went to Union College in Schenectady, NY where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering followed by a Masters Degree in Engineering. He was on the boxing team in college and worked as a surveyor afterword.
He was gifted with a quiet personality coupled with an intellectual mind and made many accomplishments in his life. James was employed at Bell Laboratories in Whippany, NJ and participated in many technical and sensitive programs going on there. Among his many projects was the early satellite program known as Telstar a high tech communication satellite and work on intercontinental ballistic missiles in the cold war defense program.
His personal skills included playing the piano, the organ and the accordion. He was a quick learner and could play music intuitively by ear. He also enjoyed wood working, photography, and native indian art and jewelry. He took great pride in keeping the grounds around his home beautiful, including a pond and waterfall built decades before the current popularity of water features.
Jim also was a skilled auto mechanic and maintained his own favorite jaguar sports cars. It would not be unusual to see him take his car engine apart, carry it into the basement and rebuild it like new. He also had an interest in auto racing and attended many racing events.
Jim and Nan met in grammar school in Kingston, New York as children. They eventually courted each other at the age of twenty-two then eloped to Albany, New York and got married on June 9, 1939. They loved ball room dancing and danced many happy nights together. They had many common interests together and shared almost sixty-eight years of a “two peas in a pod” loving marriage until Nan’s passing on November 26, 2006.
Surviving are one daughter Elizabeth “Beth” Katz of Palms Dale, California; two sons James Scott III and his wife Josie of Frenchtown, New York and Peter Scott and his wife Fredlyn of Warrington, Pennsylvania; three grandchildren Leah Koontz and her husband Michael of Henderson, Nevada, Dawn Ross and her husband Gregory of West Seneca, New York and Adrianna Scott of Warrington, PA; four great grandchildren Ryan and Natalie Koontz and Caleb and Braden Ross.
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Funeral services were held privately.
May 5, 2009
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Funeral services were held privately.
James W. Scott Jr. age 91 of Wayne died Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at his home in Wayne. His health was in decline and he made a special request of his family to do whatever it took for him to stay in his residence in his autumn days. His death was quiet and peaceful in the warmth of his own home.
He was born in Kingston, New York and shortly after his marriage to Nan Inglis they moved to the Packanack Lake section of Wayne where he spent the last sixty-seven years. Jim and Nan were one of very few early settlers to the new and modern planned community called Packanack Lake.
Jim received his formal education at Kingston High School graduating with the Class of 1935. He then went to Union College in Schenectady, NY where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering followed by a Masters Degree in Engineering. He was on the boxing team in college and worked as a surveyor afterword.
He was gifted with a quiet personality coupled with an intellectual mind and made many accomplishments in his life. James was employed at Bell Laboratories in Whippany, NJ and participated in many technical and sensitive programs going on there. Among his many projects was the early satellite program known as Telstar a high tech communication satellite and work on intercontinental ballistic missiles in the cold war defense program.
His personal skills included playing the piano, the organ and the accordion. He was a quick learner and could play music intuitively by ear. He also enjoyed wood working, photography, and native indian art and jewelry. He took great pride in keeping the grounds around his home beautiful, including a pond and waterfall built decades before the current popularity of water features.
Jim also was a skilled auto mechanic and maintained his own favorite jaguar sports cars. It would not be unusual to see him take his car engine apart, carry it into the basement and rebuild it like new. He also had an interest in auto racing and attended many racing events.
Jim and Nan met in grammar school in Kingston, New York as children. They eventually courted each other at the age of twenty-two then eloped to Albany, New York and got married on June 9, 1939. They loved ball room dancing and danced many happy nights together. They had many common interests together and shared almost sixty-eight years of a “two peas in a pod” loving marriage until Nan’s passing on November 26, 2006.
Surviving are one daughter Elizabeth “Beth” Katz of Palms Dale, California; two sons James Scott III and his wife Josie of Frenchtown, New York and Peter Scott and his wife Fredlyn of Warrington, Pennsylvania; three grandchildren Leah Koontz and her husband Michael of Henderson, Nevada, Dawn Ross and her husband Gregory of West Seneca, New York and Adrianna Scott of Warrington, PA; four great grandchildren Ryan and Natalie Koontz and Caleb and Braden Ross.
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