William Scott

William “Bill” Scott, 89, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of March 5, 2019, after a two-year battle with brain cancer. Bill, born in Emmetsburg, Iowa, entered law enforcement as an FBI field agent in the 1950s with duty in Washington, District of Columbia, Anchorage, Alaska, and Cleveland, Ohio. Following his law enforcement career, he joined the Navy, earned his pilot wings, and flew P-2V Neptune anti-submarine warfare missions over the North Atlantic. In civilian life he completed his bachelor’s degree at Iowa State University and held corporate accounting positions at the New York firms of Ernst & Ernst and Eaton, Yale, and Towne before returning to Iowa as comptroller for a local sporting goods company. In 1981 Bill was promoted to General Manager and moved to Taipei, Taiwan, to oversee operation of a graphite fishing rod manufacturing plant. After leaving Taiwan in 1988 he resettled in Bradenton, Florida, and began a private CPA business. Bill loved airplanes, his beagle Bud, his house on East Lake Okoboji, his sailboats, his 1966 Mustang, the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team and an occasional Beefeater on the rocks. He is preceded in death by his brother Jim and is survived by his brother Bob, wife Ronnie, son Dave and three grandchildren. He was a good man who lived his life honorably and will be greatly missed.