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Scott, Doris Alice
Doris Alice Scott, 96, of West Branch, died Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at Crestview Care Center, West Branch, after a brief illness.
She was born Dec. 22, 1915, in Tulare County, Calif., near Porterville, the daughter of Carl Harris and Lucille Adeline (Anderson) Fischer. After the death of her father from Spanish influenza in 1918, she moved back to Fairfield, Iowa, with her mother and sister, Thelma. She graduated from Fairfield High School in 1933.
In 1937, she married high school sweetheart G. Warren Scott. They resided in Fairfield, where she worked as a bookkeeper for Farm Bureau, and in Ottumwa, where she worked for Union Bank and Trust Co. In 1948, they joined Warren's brother, Charles (Dorothy) Scott, in the farm equipment business in Winfield, Iowa. In 1960, the farm equipment business evolved into a farm and home supply operation in Muscatine, Iowa City, and Marion and was renamed Fleetway Stores. She was an active participant in both the farm equipment and Fleetway operations. In 1997, Fleetway was sold and Warren and Doris relocated from Winfield to West Branch in 1999.
Doris is survived by her son, James (Alice) Scott of West Branch, and their four children,Jan (Steve) O'Neil of West Branch, Erin (Bryan) Pforr of Prospect, Ky., David (Sara) Scott of Council Bluffs and Robyn (Ben) Bartels of Chanhassen, Minn.; her daughter, Julie Scott (partner James Fluck) of Iowa City; 12 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Doris was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Warren; her sister, Thelma; and several aunts and uncles.
Besides her family, Doris' passions over the years were travel, the Iowa Hawkeyes, golf, crafting and stitchery, crosswords, movies (especially musicals), and Christmas.
Graveside services are planned at Evergreen Cemetery, 510 E. Stone Ave., Fairfield, on Friday at 2 p.m. Arrangements are in care of Raymond Funeral & Cremation Service in Fairfield.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Crestview Nursing and Rehab Center, 451 W. Orange St., West Branch, IA 52358.
Online condolences may be sent to www.raymond
funeralhomes.com.
The family would like to thank the nurses and staff at Crestview Nursing and Rehab and Care Initiatives Hospice for their compassionate care.
Published Aug. 9, 2012 in The Gazette
Updated survivors online only Aug. 9
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