77, of Warwick, passed away at home, surrounded by his wife and family, on August 29, 2016, after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Sandra M. (Dowling) Scott. They would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in October.
Born in Delaware in 1939, a son of the late William F. Scott, Sr, and Catherine J. (Crane) Scott, he was raised in Rhode Island and was a Warwick resident for 46 years.
He graduated from Cranston High School in 1958, attended Bryant College and Johnson & Wales Business School, and worked 40 years as a business office manager in the financial services industry at Nations Credit and later Citizens Bank. He was a parishioner of Saints Rose and Clement Parish in Warwick and an active member of Providence Lenders Exchange.
Bill loved to travel with his wife and family and visited all 50 states. He was an avid classic car enthusiast. In recent years, he was active with the Kent County Parkinson's Group.
Bill is survived by his daughter, Kathleen Scott-James and her husband Jeffery of Warwick and son, William F. Scott, III and his wife, Jackline Ngure-Scott of Cumberland and three grandsons: Tharau and Frank Scott and Michael James. He is also survived by his sister Denise L. Brigham and her husband Don of Westminster, Colorado, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
His funeral will be held Friday, September 2, 2016 at 9:15 a.m. from the Keefe Funeral Home, 5 Higginson Ave., Lincoln, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in Saints Rose and Clement Church, 111 Long St., Warwick. Burial will follow in St. Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket. Visitation will be held Thursday, September 1, 2016 from 5 - 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Bill's memory may be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association, 135 Parkinson Ave., Staten Island, NY 10305.
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77, of Warwick, passed away at home, surrounded by his wife and family, on August 29, 2016, after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Sandra M. (Dowling) Scott. They would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in October.
Born in Delaware in 1939, a son of the late William F. Scott, Sr, and Catherine J. (Crane) Scott, he was raised in Rhode Island and was a Warwick resident for 46 years.
He graduated from Cranston High School in 1958, attended Bryant College and Johnson & Wales Business School, and worked 40 years as a business office manager in the financial services industry at Nations Credit and later Citizens Bank. He was a parishioner of Saints Rose and Clement Parish in Warwick and an active member of Providence Lenders Exchange.
Bill loved to travel with his wife and family and visited all 50 states. He was an avid classic car enthusiast. In recent years, he was active with the Kent County Parkinson's Group.
Bill is survived by his daughter, Kathleen Scott-James and her husband Jeffery of Warwick and son, William F. Scott, III and his wife, Jackline Ngure-Scott of Cumberland and three grandsons: Tharau and Frank Scott and Michael James. He is also survived by his sister Denise L. Brigham and her husband Don of Westminster, Colorado, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
His funeral will be held Friday, September 2, 2016 at 9:15 a.m. from the Keefe Funeral Home, 5 Higginson Ave., Lincoln, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in Saints Rose and Clement Church, 111 Long St., Warwick. Burial will follow in St. Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket. Visitation will be held Thursday, September 1, 2016 from 5 - 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Bill's memory may be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association, 135 Parkinson Ave., Staten Island, NY 10305.
