Honolulu-Hawaii County HI Archives Obituaries.....Scott, Alvah Alison January 24, 1949
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ALVAH SCOTT DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

  Alvah Alison Scott, 61, of Waimea, Hawaii, former manager of the Honolulu 
Plantation Co. at Aiea, Oahu, and former president and manager of the Mutual 
Telephone Co., died at 6:15 Monday night in The Queen’s Hospital after a long 
illness.
  Scott entered the hospital three days ago after suffering a stroke. A long-
time resident of Honolulu, he moved to Waimea shortly after his retirement 
from the presidency of the telephone company on July 19, 1944, due to ill 
health.
  Private services will be held on Tuesday with Williams mortuary in charge. 
Final arrangements will be announced after the arrival of his brother, Irwin 
Scott, from San Francisco today.
  Scott is survived by the widow, the former Elizabeth Cooper, whom he married 
in Ithaca, N.Y., April 27, 1909; two daughters, Mrs. John C. Steele of 
Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Jack E. Conley of Hilo; his mother, Mrs. John A. Scott 
of Honolulu; a sister, Mrs. Clarence H. Wilson of West Hartford, Conn.; a 
brother, Irwin Scott of San Francisco; five grandchildren, John and Lee Steele 
and Jerry, Jean and Jack Conley, and by several nieces and nephews.
  Scott was born on the island of Hawaii on May 7, 1887, the son of John A. 
and Emma (Clark) Scott. His father was the manager of the Hilo Sugar Co. for 
many years until his retirement in 1920.
  His mother is the granddaughter of the Rev. Ephriam Clark, who for 15 years 
was the minister of historic Kawaiahao church in Honolulu. The Rev. Mr. Clark 
arrived in 1828 aboard the Parthian from Boston with the third company of 
missionaries.
  One of Hawaii’s outstanding sugar plantation executives, Scott was educated 
in Hawaii schools, in private schools in the East and at Cornell University. 
After leaving Cornell he spent several years working on the Mainland, and, 
following his marriage there, returned to Hawaii with his wife to become 
associated with the Hilo Sugar Co.
  While with the Hilo Sugar Co., he rehabilitated mill machinery, served as 
night engineer and division overseer, becoming head overseer in 1920 upon the 
retirement of his father.
  He joined C. Brewer & Co. in 1923 as supervising inspector of its sugar 
plantations, with offices in Hilo, and in 1926 became manager of the Honolulu 
Plantation Co. at Aiea, Oahu, the only sugar refinery in the Territory.
  Scott resigned as manager of Aiea on April 21, 1939, to become vice 
president and manager of the Mutual Telephone Co. Later Scott became president 
and general manager. He had been a director of the old Hawaii Telephone Co. on 
the Big Island. In July, 1944, he resigned the presidency of the company 
because of ill health.
  A life-long Republican, Scott was active for many years in the affairs of 
the party in Hawaii, and served during a long period as chairman of the 
Republican Territorial central committee.


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