Vivian Doris Scott

Mueller's Tri-Cities Funeral Home
Doris Scott was born Vivian Doris Sweaney, September 14, 1923, to Rachel and Edgar Daniel Sweaney in Brewster, Washington.
Doris grew up in the Brewster-Pateros area, graduating from high school in 1941.
Doris lost her father early at age 13. Both Doris and her mother worked hard to make ends meet.
Doris enjoyed her sister, June's growing family also located in Brewster.
June and Earl produced 7 cherished nieces and nephews that were all a second set of children to Doris. As valedictorian, Miss Brewster and Apple Blossom Princess her senior year, she had the world by the tail.
Doris moved to Seattle after high school to attend nurse's training. WWII interrupted her plans and she began doing printing, copying sensitive documents and drawings related to the war effort.
At wars end, she returned to Brewster and began work at the local fruit packaging operation. There she met Kenneth Scott, a returning veteran, who became the love of her life. They were married March 27, 1947.
Kenneth operated the local service station and delivered oil.
Their first child, Jerry, was born in 1948 in Moscow, Idaho. Mark and Beth were born in 1952 and 1954 respectively in Brewster.
After moves to Moscow, Pasco and Pateros, Ken and Doris migrated to the Tri-Cities in 1954; Paul was born in 1956, in Kennewick.
Ken began a career as a carpenter and superintendent of several major construction projects in the Northwest. Doris managed the family and dedicated herself to raising their children. Later she enjoyed working in the local pharmacy as a clerk.
Their lives together carried them from Washington to Arizona, Montana and Alaska, but they maintained their home in either Kennewick or Sunnyside, Washington.
Doris was active in the United Methodist Church of Kennewick and the First Methodist Church of Sunnyside.
Doris actively followed the school and nonschool activities of her children including: band, dancing, wrestling, football, Scouts and church activities. Doris was a Cub Scout den mother, a Campfire mother and a counselor/chaperone on many church and Scout trips.
The family loved the outdoors so much that camping, fishing, hunting and backpacking became a normal family activity.
Doris lost Kenneth to a traffic accident in 1976. She stayed in Kennewick and in 1980 our step-dad, James K. Davis, joined the Scott clan.
Jim's time with our family was a comfort and included adventures from fishing expeditions to unending home improvement projects. The family lost Jim to illness in 2000. Mom continued to live in her home and was independent and self sustained until the end.
Doris was a private person, not wanting to impose herself or her needs on others, but was prompt and eager to help others in need. She made long time friends wherever she went.
We will miss her supportive and determined spirit in our lives. We know that Mom has joined Dad after a separation of nearly 30 years.
Doris is proceeded in death by her beloved husband, Kenneth; her brothers and sisters, June Galbraith of Brewster; Alberta of Redding, California; Bud Thacker of Brewster and Raymond Thacker of Spokane.
Doris is survived by her four children: Jerry and his wife, Diane, Mark and his wife Jeanie, all of Tri-Cities; son, Paul and his wife, Susan of Centralia, Washington; daughter, Beth and her husband, Gary Giacci of Bend, Oregon. She is also survived by 6 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Doris has more than 50 Scott, Sweaney, Thacker and Martin nieces and nephews, all of whom played a significant part of her life. Scott, Sweaney and Galbraith reunions were held annually or semiannually for years. These events were accompanied by conversations, pranks and some of the best water fights ever recorded.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Mueller's Tri-Cities Funeral Home at 1401 S. Union St., Kennewick, Washington.
Graveside services will immediately follow the memorial service.
Donations can be made to the Hospice at the Chaplaincy in Doris Scott's memory.