Scott Gene Green

Vero Beach - Scott Gene Green, 53, of Vero Beach, Florida, changed his earthly address to his heavenly home on June 25, 2021. We are confident of his new location because of a godly lady named Ruth who relentlessly prayed for his salvation until Scott surrendered to the Spirit's call just over 30 years ago.

Scott was born on Feb. 15, 1968 in Denver, Colorado to Danny and Christina Green. He married the love of his life Shauna Marie Green on Sept. 5, 1997. During their nearly 24 years of precious marriage, they experienced the kind of love most couples dream of achieving. Through all the trials, they knew God was the heart and head of their home. God blessed them with three loving children, their eldest son Nathaniel Levin Green, their daughter, Natalie Jean Green and their most recent gift, Gabriel Levin Green. Scott's most precious earthly gift was his granddaughter Dani-Leigh Marie Green who was the namesake of his late father. Scott spent every day with Dani-Leigh. Every Sunday they had a special date called, "Pancakes with Papa." He truly made every minute count.

Due to a promise he made to his wife, he relocated his family to her Florida home town, Vero Beach, which enabled him to master the triple threat of aviation - Center, Approach and Tower Control. Shauna quickly realized why he was so easily persuaded to move south.

Living near the airport as a small child, Scott had an indescribable, immeasurable love for aviation. During his senior year at the University of Colorado, Boulder, he sought a degree in Aviation Administration while simultaneously working for Jeppesen Sanderson - the world's authority on charting maps for air travel world-wide. True to Scott-fashion, he began in the mail room at Jeppesen and very quickly climbed his way to charting. Scott was approached by executives at Jepson Sanderson and presented with the opportunity to catapult his career by joining the United States Navy and becoming an air traffic controller beginning in San Diego, California. Shortly after that, the federal government transferred him to civil service and relocated him to Boston Center. His career was a dream come true; he lived and loved all things aviation. Scott always gave God the glory for the path in aviation, realizing that only God and God alone made all this possible.

During the course of his career which began at Boston Center, Scott transferred to Denver Approach in 1999-2002 where he added more skill to his controlling ability. Scott also possessed a love for learning and gleaning any wisdom and skill he possibly could.

In 2012, at Boston Center, Scott was once again presented with the opportunity to climb the ladder from an operations supervisor in Area E to supervisor traffic management coordinator. After a presentation to the airline executives, Scott realized his need for help with public speaking. He sought out Toastmaster's International to assist him on his journey to speak with confidence and clarity. This decision proved to be most rewarding. It successfully helped him achieve the goal of streamlining air traffic throughout the Northeast in all kinds of adversity. He witnessed advancements within the FAA that he attributed greatly to Toastmasters International's Speaking and Leadership programs. In addition, Scott gained a loving, yet always critiquing, encouraging family of achievers. Scott achieved Distinguished Toastmasters status three times. He loved helping others achieve their greatest potential. His journey through Toastmasters was one he shared with his wife. They became a powerful, motivating couple to all their friends in Toastmasters Districts 45 and 31. Scott and his wife Shauna were Area and Division Governors throughout the Northeast region of the United States. In 2017, he competed on the World Stage of Public Speaking in Vancouver, British Columbia.

In October 2018, he retired from the FAA. It wasn't long until everyone around him realized the always overachieving Scott was not ready to slow down. He accepted a position as the Safety Manager at Flight Safety International, which is the leading pilot training school. Their superior educational training program attracts pilots from around the world. During this adventure, Scott was once again presented with an opportunity to join an aviation affiliated program with Lincoln Laboratories in association with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Scott was thrilled at the opportunity to grow his wheelhouse; he always challenged himself and gleaned everything he possibly could from every opportunity.

Scott has touched and inspired so many lives and has received many awards for his accomplishments. But everyone would agree Scott's greatest achievements were his Love for the Lord and passion for his wife and family. Scott was a friend to all, a stranger to none, and was larger than life.

Scott was passionate in helping others to succeed, whether it was helping air traffic controllers find their way to their full potential or a Toastmaster pursuing their dream to speak confidently and clearly. Scott was always available to lend a helping hand and encouraged each individual to achieve and surpass their expectations and embrace their dreams.

Scott recently claimed a place of worship as home. He had been attending Shiloh Youth Ranch Chapel and was thankful to God for attending a place of worship that he said, "felt like home."

Survivors also include his mother Christina Lee Green of Denver, Colorado; brother Shawn Edward Green (Amber) of Aurora, CO; and a sister Michelle Peacock (Robert), also of Aurora. Scott was an incredible uncle who was especially close to his nieces and nephew, Mikayla Peacock of Aurora, CO; Morgan and Madison Green of Aurora, CO; Laura Vinson Barthle (Justin) and William Vinson III, both of Haines City, Florida. Scott was preceded in death by his father, Danny Lee Green and his baby sister Danielle Lynne Green. We know there was a joyous reunion and celebration when Scott joined his loved ones who were in Heaven awaiting his arrival.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial contribution may be made to Shiloh Youth Ranch, 10655 Roseland Road, Sebastian, FL 32958.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 7PM, Friday, June 9, 2021 at the Strunk Funeral Home in Vero Beach, Florida. The service celebrating a life well lived for Scott will begin at 2PM on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Grace Baptist Church in Vero Beach with military honors provided by the Sebastian Area Veterans Honor Guard. A reception will follow. Interment is planned for Fort Logan National Cemetery in Colorado.

For those unable to attend or needing to socially distance, we welcome you to join us in remembering our loved one online: please see guest registration on Strunk Funeral Home Page for web address.

Arrangement by Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory, Vero Beach, Florida.

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