SCOTT, Donald Duane

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Posted: Sunday, October 12, 2014 - Donald Duane “Scottie” Scott, 87, of Lake Havasu City, died Sept. 30, 2014 of natural causes. Scottie was born June 10, 1927, in Milford, Ind., to A.C. and Eva Mae Scott, the third of four sons. According to Scottie, he had “the best small town childhood anybody could hope for”. The whole town of Milford helped raise the Scott boys. In June 1945, near the end of WWII, he enlisted in the United States Merchant Marines and served on supply ships throughout the world through 1947. Scottie married Peggy Kathryn Williams, Aug. 27, 1950, in Nappanee, Ind. Scottie was a salesman for the Armour Meat Company for seventeen years and continued working in the food industry in northern Indiana before founding Scottie’s Catering in Lake Havasu in 1969. He was exceptionally proud of the fact that he helped to bring the London Bridge to Havasu by feeding the men and women who built it. Scottie’s Catering thrived for twenty years before his and Peggy’s retirement. Scottie was a much-loved character, always armed with a gentle wisecrack or a surprise snowball from the truck’s ice supply. When he wasn’t working, Scottie loved cruising the lake with his kids and grandkids on his pontoon boat “Scotts ’N Water”. He and Peggy proudly celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary this past August. Scottie is survived by his wife Peggy and their three children, Jo Ann (Spike) Evans, Jerry (Kim) and Janet (Bart) Wagner. Scottie was very proud of his eight grandchildren, Niki, Erin, Jordan, Lindsay, Jake, Ben, Abbey and Cady, and his six great-grandchildren, Addie, Ella, Charlotte, Sonia, Peter and Lillian. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Forrest, Cleon and Frank and by his great-grandson, Zach. A service is planned for Scottie at 11 a.m., Oct. 18, at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church. Services were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Thoughts and condolences may be sent to Scottie’s family at www.lietz- frazefuneralhome.com.