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Scott -- Robert W. Scott passed away January 25, 2001. Bob was born on January 7, 1922 in Palisade, CO to Walter and Myrtle Scott and graduated from Palisade High School in 1941. He attended Mesa Junior College prior to joining the Navy in 1942, where he served on a Destroyer in the Pacific Theater for three years. He married Virginia Echternach on July 28, 1945, and was discharged from the Navy in September 1945. He graduated from the University of Colorado in 1949, with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. Bob joined the Grand Junction Office of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission shortly after graduation and served the AEC and successor agencies in Grand Junction, Idaho Falls, ID and Albuquerque, NM, where he retired as Assistant Manager of Administration in 1980. He joined Aerojet General Corporation, an aerospace firm in La Jolla, CA and was assigned to the Corporate Staff at the Liquid Fuel Plants in Sacramento, CA. He and Virginia returned to Grand Junction in 1985. Bob was a life member of BPO Elks, a past Master of the Palisade Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite, El Jebel Shrine and the Palisade Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his wife, Virginia; two children, Tom Scott and wife, Madeleine of Westminster, CO and Susan Hook and husband, Tommy of White Rock, NM; four grandsons, Robby and Ryan Hook and Ben and Alex Scott; and a brother, Jerry of Oak Harbor, WA. He was preceded in death by his parents and a stillborn baby boy. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Grand Valley Hospice and Palliative Care Center, P.O. Box 60307, Grand Junction, CO 81506; Shrine Hospital for Children, Salt Lake City, UT 84103; or the First United Methodist Church. Services were held Monday, January 29, 2001 at the First United Methodist Church in Grand Junction.
        Published on: Tue February 06, 2001