Jerry Scott

Jerry Scott's spirit was lifted up to almighty God on Sept. 10, 2008.

He was born June 3, 1941, in Kalispell to parents Gary L. Scott and Luella B. (Rickard) Scott. He graduated in 1959 from Whitefish High School. Jerry married Mary Hanson in 1960 and fathered three children.

Jerry worked 37 years for the Burlington Northern Railroad, starting as a switchman for the old Great Northern Railroad, later as a clerk in St. Paul, Minn., and finally as manager of dimensional shipments in Kansas City and Fort Worth, Texas.

He took early retirement in 1995 and started a second career working as clerk and scheduler for Barnds Bros., a property management company in Overland Park, Kan. He retired from this second career in 2005.

Jerry loved his family, 1950's music, new cars and trips to the casino. He was a kind individual who loved animals. Jerry had an organized mind, a detailed man with an uncanny memory for remembering numbers. He could rattle off railroad car numbers from 40 years ago, and railroading truly ran through his blood, as it did for his father and grandfather before him.

He is survived by his wife Mary, in Overland Park, Kan.; daughter Karin Weiss and husband John, in Overland Park; sons Gary Scott, of Dixon, Illinois, and Brian Scott, of Lenexa, Kan.; mother Luella Scott, of Kalispell; grandsons Eric Weiss, of New Albany, Ind., Justin Weiss, of Overland Park, and Hunter Scott, of Lee's Summit, Mo.; and great granddaughter Alixandria Weiss, of New Albany.

Services took place Sept. 15, 2008, at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, in Mission, Kan.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to St. Michael's church organ fund in Jerry's name for restoration of the unique old organ or to the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, 6700 Troost, Kansas City MO 64131.