Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Scott, Arthur Jack Sr. 2007
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Arthur Jack Scott Sr., 81, of Portland was called home by his heavenly Father 
on May 6, 2007 at Heartland Health Care Center of Ionia. Art was born November 
4, 1925, in Muskegon, Michigan, the son of the late Jacob and Nellie 
(Medendorp) Scott. He was raised in the First Reformed Church of Muskegon, 
later becoming a member of the United Methodist Churches in Ionia and Portland.

Art graduated from Muskegon High School in 1943. He played varsity football 
and was part of the class 'A' Michigan state championship teams in 1941 and 
1942. Joining the United Sates Navy in 1943, he was stationed at Alameda Naval 
Air Station in California and was honorably discharged in 1946. Art earned his 
Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education from Central Michigan 
University in 1950. He majored in English and minored in geography and 
physical education while playing varsity football for CMU in 1948 and 1949. He 
went on to earn a Master’s Degree from the Graduate School of Banking at the 
University of Wisconsin, Madison.

On September 12, 1948 during his junior year in college he married Audrey 
Thayer of Boyne City , Michigan in Walloon Lake. While living in Ionia, Art 
taught English and coached basketball, football, and track at Ionia High 
School. In 1959 he began a successful banking career. Employed for ten years 
at Ionia County National Bank, he worked his way up to Senior Vice President. 
In 1969 Art was hired as president at Maynard Allen State Bank in Portland. He 
believed in treating customers well and fairly. Art remained as president of 
the bank until his retirement in 1991.

Art's faith in God kept him grounded and he lived by the 'Golden Rule'. He was 
dearly loved by his family and was a good friend to all who knew him. Art was 
passionate about sports, playing softball in Ionia and Portland late into his 
sixties and continuing to play basketball till age 77. He loved a good laugh 
and was quite the jokester. He also enjoyed reading, coin collecting, big band 
and jazz music, gardening and his chocolate.

Art was an active civic member of both the Portland and Ionia communities. Art 
was on the Board of Trustees at the Portland United Methodist Church and was 
President of Portland's Kiwanis and Civic Clubs. He was a founding member and 
former president of the Michigan Association of Community Bankers and worked 
on several national community banking committees. In Ionia, Art served as 
president of the Rotary Club, worked on the Ionia County 4-H board, and was a 
charter member of Ionia's Industrial Development Committee.

Art is survived by his wife of 58 years, Audrey; sons, Arthur 'Jack' (Pattie) 
Scott Jr. and Charles Jacob (Elaine) Scott; grandson, Andrew Jacob Scott; 
sister, Betty (Herm) Zuidema; brothers, Harry (Eula) Scott and Russell (Marva) 
Scott; and many nieces and nephews. Preceding Arthur in death are his parents; 
his sister, Ruth Rosenberg; and his brothers, Jay, John and Kenneth.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at the 
Portland United Methodist Church, 310 E. Bridge St., Portland; with Pastor 
Gregory R. Wolfe officiating. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. 
and 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 210 E. 
Bridge St., Portland. Burial will take place at a later date at Evangeline 
Township Cemetery in Charleviox County. In lieu of flowers, donations may be 
made to the Portland United Methodist Church building fund or the Portland 
Public Library.

We would like to thank the staff at Heartland Heath Care Center in Ionia for 
their care and support during Art's stay. Art, you will be truly missed; but 
your love, laughter, kindness and spirit will continue to live in the hearts 
of all the people whose lives you have touched.


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