Scott graduated from Westside High School in 1958 as part of one of the school’s first graduating classes. While in high school, he was an exchange student to Norway, and after graduation he motorcycled through Europe with friends.
He served in the United States Air Force at Offutt Air Force Base from 1961 to 1965. During that time, he earned his college degree through the Bootstrap Program at Omaha University, now the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
On November 12, 1966, Scott married Belva Clausen of Rushville, Nebraska, in Omaha. Together they had two wonderful children, David and Aaron.
In 1967–1968, Scott attended and graduated from the American Institute of Foreign Trade in Phoenix, Arizona. He then went to work for American Express Corporation in its Military Banking Division. Scott and his family were stationed on Okinawa for four years, from 1968 to 1972, where they made many lifelong friends. While on Okinawa, Scott spent six months in Vietnam as a bank manager for the military bank in Vung Tau. He also traveled throughout the Far East as Military Banking Marketing Manager, including Okinawa, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
From Okinawa, Scott was transferred to Frankfurt, West Germany, where the family lived in Kelkheim, between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. He traveled throughout Europe as Travel Manager for Military Banking in Europe.
Scott and his family later moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he worked for the National Bank of Commerce and later as a real estate agent. He finished his working career with the U.S. Immigration Service, working there from 1989 until his retirement in 2009.
Scott was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Chapin. He is survived by his wife, Belva; sons David and his wife, Barbara, of Crescent, Iowa, and Aaron and his wife, Michelle, of Lincoln; sister Suzanne Sipherd Hinderliter of Farmington, New York; and nieces.
He is also survived by his much-loved grandchildren: Brandon and his wife, Jessica, and great-grandchild Rowan, of Omaha; Taylor and his wife, Huda, and great-grandchild Scarlett, of Crescent, Iowa; Logan and his fiancée, Rebecca Sheldon; AJ, Aaron Jacob, and his fiancée, Kelsey Wathen; Hayley; and Cole, all of Lincoln. Scott commented in recent days that he and Belva were blessed to have grandchildren who actually liked them!
Scott also embraced Belva’s family as his own. He is survived by her siblings and their spouses: Kenneth and Una Clausen of Thedford, Nebraska; Duane and Debbie Clausen of Alliance, Nebraska; and Joyce and Rich Kucera of Rapid City, South Dakota; along with many nephews and nieces.
Scott was a much-loved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend. He felt fortunate to have lived a long life filled with great adventures, a loving family, and dear friends.
Although no formal funeral service is planned at this time, private family inurnment will take place at the Omaha National Cemetery. Scott had many cherished friends and co-workers. Please share your memories of Scott below this obituary.