Donald Scripter

Don was always good to work with. Wished I´d not missed his life celebration. May he rest in peace.

June 27th (around 4:00pm) was the last day I saw my best friend. He was in his hospital bed that was provided through hospice. Angela Scripter and our son Oliver was there as well. Dad had trouble breathing -- but he managed to talk to me about music and asked me about my currrent and immediate health conditions. I told him "I am o.k." (which is not far from the truth). He held my hand and I told him that I love him -- and he told me that he loves me back.

Don was seemingly able and willing to fix anything for anybody. He had the most positive outlook on life, which he shared through his humor and his music. He will be fondly remembered and terribly missed.

I knew Don from first living in the room across from him at Wilson Hall at Oregon State University in 1966. He was an interesting and friendly guy, who turned over his Oregonian dorm paper route to me when he got tired of getting up so early to make deliveries; I ended up expanding the route and averaged $5/hr which was 4 times minimum wage then--thanks Don! Don and I also worked together in the Wilson/Clark/McNary dorm complex cafeteria under a student work program and had great times and...

Much love.

I met Don at Oregon State where we both resided on the second floor of Wilson Hall. I´m saddened by his passing and wish peace to his family. Norman Foster

I met Don shortly after I started at Freightliner in 1987, and knew and worked with him until he retired. I worked for Don for a couple of years in the ME Shop. He was a great boss for a number of reasons. He was highly intelligent, creative, and even tempered. A genuine nice guy. One of my favorite memories is when the ME Shop procured Freightliner's first robot. He taught it to play tubular chimes an would have it perform at the annual ME Christmas party.

I don't know if you remember, Norm Foster and I lived on the same dorm floor at Oregon State with Don. I remember many happy times from that era. I also have a touch of Multiple Myeloma, so don's death scares me a lot. My condolences

A life well lived