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Lt. Col. Kenneth F. Scattergood, USAF (Ret.), passed away Oct. 31, 2012, at the age of 92, in Waco at the home of his son. Services will be held at Johnson's Funeral Home in San Angelo and interment will be at Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens.
Col. Scattergood was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, on Nov. 6, 1919, to Frank and Betty Scattergood. His father passed away when he was 12 and he and his mother moved to Toronto. When his mother remarried an American he moved to Moline, Ill., where he graduated from high school in 1937. After a brief stint working for a grocery store, Kenneth enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps and was sent to Wyoming. In 1940 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and trained as an aircraft mechanic. In 1942, he was accepted into a pilot/officers training program and began his primary training in Ballinger, Texas. While there he met and married Billye Jane White.
Kenneth was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in March 1943 and spent two years as an instructor pilot before going to the Pacific at the end of the war. He flew seven combat missions before the war ended and his unit flew into Japan as part of the occupying forces.
Following the war, he remained in the AAC/USAF, flew C-54s in the Berlin Airlift, and was an Airborne Forward Air Controller in Korea. Following Korea he made the transition to jets and flew a number of airplanes including the RF-84 F and F-104. He retired from active service in 1964. Col. Scattergood's decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, 10 Air Medals and the Joint Service Commendation Medal. He was inducted into the Southwest Military Museum Hall of Fame in 2003.
Following his retirement, Kenneth and Billye returned to West Texas and made their home in San Angelo where he was active in the Johnson St. Church of Christ and served as an elder. They traveled extensively and were active RVers.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years in 2009.
He is survived by his daughter, Linda Fannin and her husband, Al, of Rockwall, Texas; and son, Bob and wife, Florence, of Waco. He has four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Although his heart remained in San Angelo, he was grateful and appreciative of the neighbors and his Thursday card playing buddies for their friendship and acceptance during his five years in Waco.
Memorials may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or a
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Family and friends may sign an online register book at www.johnsons-funeralhome.com.
Johnson's Funeral Home, 325-655-3113
November 6, 1919 - October 31, 2012
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Published in Waco Tribune-Herald on November 3, 2012
