Clemence A. Scott

NEWPORT TWP. — Clemence A. Scott, of Sheatown, Newport Township, passed away on July 14, 2017, at Guardian Center in Sheatown.

He was born Feb. 5, 1922, in Wanamie, and was the son of the late Peter and Bertha (Meshinski) Scott and the stepson of the late Stanley Tomkiewicz.

Clem was a 1940 graduate of Newport Township High School. After graduation, he was a company clerk at the Civilian Conservation Camp in Waynesboro, Pa.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was a tail gunner on a B17, the Flying Fortress. Clem was injured in an airplane crash in Hunter Field, Ga. and spent 16 months in U.S. Army hospitals in Georgia and California.

Upon his discharge from the U.S. Army, he enrolled in Wilkes College and graduated in 1949 with a B.S. degree in commerce and finance with a major in accounting. Clem was an internal revenue agent for more than 36 years.

He was a member of St. Faustina Parish Church (Holy Child Parish) and also a member of American Legion Post No. 971. Clem was interested in current events, traveling, reading and gardening.

Clem was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, by his wife of 59 years, Dorothy (Butka) Scott; sister, Dolores Scott; and a niece, Pamela Daubert.

He is survived by his daughter, Dr. Mariellen Scott; a niece and nephews.

The American Legion Post No. 971 will conduct a military funeral at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, from the Grontkowski Funeral Home P.C., 51 W. Green St., Nanticoke, with Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. Faustina Parish Church, 520 Hanover St., Nanticoke, with the Rev. James Nash officiating. Interment will be in St. Adalbert's Cemetery, Glen Lyon. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, July 17, 2017.