Robert Scott

Garden City, Kansas Robert Emerson Lee Scott, age 69, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born April 19, 1940, in Syracuse, Kansas, the son of Robert Emerson and Myra Emaline McMasters Scott. He had been a resident of Garden City since 1943, moving from Syracuse, Kansas. In the early 1970's he opened and operated a candle shop in downtown Garden City and then took a job with the Kansas State Highway Department. He later worked as an electrician with Geier Electric and also had several other odd jobs throughout the community. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was given the rank of Lance Corporal. In 1963, he was married in California. His wife died in 1965 in California from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Survivors Include: His Mother, Emaline Scott of Garden City, Kansas and One Brother & Wife, Franklin Winston & Jacqueline Kay Scott of Roeland Park, Kansas. Graveside Services were held @ 10:00am on Thursday, April 30, 2009 in the Valley View Cemetery in Garden City, Kansas. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be given to Donors Choice in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home of Garden City, Kansas.