Father Kennedy Scott (Wisconsin)
Mother Anna Buchannan (Wisconsin)
Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 29, 1938, issue
Dan Scott Funeral Is Tomorrow
Pioneer Died Wednesday Two Weeks AFter Stroke
Ritzville and Adams county were saddened this week by the death of Dan A. Scott, 69, pioneer resident of Ritzville and long prominent in the state legislature and senate. Mr. Scott died Wednesday morning at 4 a.m. two weeks after he suffered a paralytic stroke.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Methodist Episcopal church with the Rev. Richard D. Decker officiating. Burial services will be conducted by the Ritzville Masonic lodge at the Ritzville cemetery.
Mayor Lan W. Evans has requested all Ritzville business houses to close from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow for the funeral.
During the 1920s, Mr. Scott served in both the state senate and house as a representative from this district and was state director of conservation and development in the cabinet of Governor Hart.
He was always active in his own community and served on the school board many years.
He was on the board of directors of the First National Bank here and a lively member of the Marcellus grange.
During his service in the legislature and with Governor Hart he was responsible for framing much legislation concerning the Columbia Basin project.
Mr. Scott was born in Rio, Wis., March 31, 1869, and lived there until about 1890 when he came to Ritzville to live with his grandfather, J. H. Buchanan, who was one of the framers of the Washington state constitution.
In 1895, he married Miss Alma King of Helix, Ore., and the couple have made their home here since that time except for a few years in Olympia. Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived on the old Jantz place for a number of years and on the R. A. Bierman place and for the last 10 years on their present farm.
Besides his widow, Alma, Mr. Scott is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alma King, Pullman; Mrs. Wilma Harris, Chicago; Mrs. Alma Galbreath, White Bluffs; and Verna at home; one son, Kennedy, Greenacres; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Walker, Seattle; Mrs. Fred M. Wanner, Jamestown, N. D.; and Mrs. Ralph Purcell, Zion, Ill,; and five grandchildren.
Mother Anna Buchannan (Wisconsin)
Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 29, 1938, issue
Dan Scott Funeral Is Tomorrow
Pioneer Died Wednesday Two Weeks AFter Stroke
Ritzville and Adams county were saddened this week by the death of Dan A. Scott, 69, pioneer resident of Ritzville and long prominent in the state legislature and senate. Mr. Scott died Wednesday morning at 4 a.m. two weeks after he suffered a paralytic stroke.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Methodist Episcopal church with the Rev. Richard D. Decker officiating. Burial services will be conducted by the Ritzville Masonic lodge at the Ritzville cemetery.
Mayor Lan W. Evans has requested all Ritzville business houses to close from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow for the funeral.
During the 1920s, Mr. Scott served in both the state senate and house as a representative from this district and was state director of conservation and development in the cabinet of Governor Hart.
He was always active in his own community and served on the school board many years.
He was on the board of directors of the First National Bank here and a lively member of the Marcellus grange.
During his service in the legislature and with Governor Hart he was responsible for framing much legislation concerning the Columbia Basin project.
Mr. Scott was born in Rio, Wis., March 31, 1869, and lived there until about 1890 when he came to Ritzville to live with his grandfather, J. H. Buchanan, who was one of the framers of the Washington state constitution.
In 1895, he married Miss Alma King of Helix, Ore., and the couple have made their home here since that time except for a few years in Olympia. Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived on the old Jantz place for a number of years and on the R. A. Bierman place and for the last 10 years on their present farm.
Besides his widow, Alma, Mr. Scott is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alma King, Pullman; Mrs. Wilma Harris, Chicago; Mrs. Alma Galbreath, White Bluffs; and Verna at home; one son, Kennedy, Greenacres; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Walker, Seattle; Mrs. Fred M. Wanner, Jamestown, N. D.; and Mrs. Ralph Purcell, Zion, Ill,; and five grandchildren.
Father Kennedy Scott (Wisconsin)
Mother Anna Buchannan (Wisconsin)
Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 29, 1938, issue
Dan Scott Funeral Is Tomorrow
Pioneer Died Wednesday Two Weeks AFter Stroke
Ritzville and Adams county were saddened this week by the death of Dan A. Scott, 69, pioneer resident of Ritzville and long prominent in the state legislature and senate. Mr. Scott died Wednesday morning at 4 a.m. two weeks after he suffered a paralytic stroke.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Methodist Episcopal church with the Rev. Richard D. Decker officiating. Burial services will be conducted by the Ritzville Masonic lodge at the Ritzville cemetery.
Mayor Lan W. Evans has requested all Ritzville business houses to close from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow for the funeral.
During the 1920s, Mr. Scott served in both the state senate and house as a representative from this district and was state director of conservation and development in the cabinet of Governor Hart.
He was always active in his own community and served on the school board many years.
He was on the board of directors of the First National Bank here and a lively member of the Marcellus grange.
During his service in the legislature and with Governor Hart he was responsible for framing much legislation concerning the Columbia Basin project.
Mr. Scott was born in Rio, Wis., March 31, 1869, and lived there until about 1890 when he came to Ritzville to live with his grandfather, J. H. Buchanan, who was one of the framers of the Washington state constitution.
In 1895, he married Miss Alma King of Helix, Ore., and the couple have made their home here since that time except for a few years in Olympia. Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived on the old Jantz place for a number of years and on the R. A. Bierman place and for the last 10 years on their present farm.
Besides his widow, Alma, Mr. Scott is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alma King, Pullman; Mrs. Wilma Harris, Chicago; Mrs. Alma Galbreath, White Bluffs; and Verna at home; one son, Kennedy, Greenacres; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Walker, Seattle; Mrs. Fred M. Wanner, Jamestown, N. D.; and Mrs. Ralph Purcell, Zion, Ill,; and five grandchildren.
Mother Anna Buchannan (Wisconsin)
Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 29, 1938, issue
Dan Scott Funeral Is Tomorrow
Pioneer Died Wednesday Two Weeks AFter Stroke
Ritzville and Adams county were saddened this week by the death of Dan A. Scott, 69, pioneer resident of Ritzville and long prominent in the state legislature and senate. Mr. Scott died Wednesday morning at 4 a.m. two weeks after he suffered a paralytic stroke.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Methodist Episcopal church with the Rev. Richard D. Decker officiating. Burial services will be conducted by the Ritzville Masonic lodge at the Ritzville cemetery.
Mayor Lan W. Evans has requested all Ritzville business houses to close from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow for the funeral.
During the 1920s, Mr. Scott served in both the state senate and house as a representative from this district and was state director of conservation and development in the cabinet of Governor Hart.
He was always active in his own community and served on the school board many years.
He was on the board of directors of the First National Bank here and a lively member of the Marcellus grange.
During his service in the legislature and with Governor Hart he was responsible for framing much legislation concerning the Columbia Basin project.
Mr. Scott was born in Rio, Wis., March 31, 1869, and lived there until about 1890 when he came to Ritzville to live with his grandfather, J. H. Buchanan, who was one of the framers of the Washington state constitution.
In 1895, he married Miss Alma King of Helix, Ore., and the couple have made their home here since that time except for a few years in Olympia. Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived on the old Jantz place for a number of years and on the R. A. Bierman place and for the last 10 years on their present farm.
Besides his widow, Alma, Mr. Scott is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alma King, Pullman; Mrs. Wilma Harris, Chicago; Mrs. Alma Galbreath, White Bluffs; and Verna at home; one son, Kennedy, Greenacres; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Walker, Seattle; Mrs. Fred M. Wanner, Jamestown, N. D.; and Mrs. Ralph Purcell, Zion, Ill,; and five grandchildren.
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