Passed away on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 in his 85th year at Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga from post-surgical complications. Ron will be fondly remembered by all who knew him in his many configurations: soldier, sailor, architect, painter, democrat, friend and father. Predeceased by his wife Nancy Ruth (nee Fleming) and children Kathleen and Peter Scott, but survived by son Stephen James Fleming Scott of Toronto, daughters Anne Marie Sims of Guelph and Gillian Lisbet Barbara Plaatjes, sons-in-law Stephen Sims and Jerome Plaatjes of Mississauga, grandchildren Ian and Graeme Sims, Siannon and Devin Plaatjes, and by sister Margery and brother-in-law Bob of Welland. Born January 12, 1924 in Toronto, Ron also lived in Aurora, Montreal, Port Credit, Oakville and Burlington. He attended Oakwood C.I. and Eggerton Ryerson High School in Toronto and, after serving in WWII, graduated B.Arch., McGill Class of '52. Enlisting at age 17 with seven of his swim-team mates, Ron trained at Base Borden and Halifax before shipping to Liverpool, ser ved '43-'45 in the 1st Canadian Division Artillery (part of the 8th British Battalion, 'D-Day Dodgers') in the Italian Campaign (Ortona), hiked across Europe to free Rotterdam, and fought on into Germany. Then, after graduating from McGill, Ron enlisted in the RCAF, leaving with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, began his professional career with John B. Parkin Associates, Architects, later partnered in Dale & Scott, Mississauga, before ultimately establishing his own firm in Port Credit, 'R.S. Scott, Architect'. Ron's built-projects included: various nursing homes, the Clarke Institute; the Ontario Veterinarian's Association Guelph; churches; a Sikh temple; the Ontario Association of Architects Head-quarters in Toronto; the Salvation Army National Headquarters & Temple, Toronto; Oshawa Central Collegiate Institute; the Faberge Factory, Etobicoke; the Garage & Stores Building, Etobicoke; the York Hydro System building; Humber Memorial Hospital; Vacation Inn, Collingwood; and many other renovations, residences and designs too numerous to list. Married in 1962 to Nancy, a nurse, Ron, a dedicated painter himself, was proud of his wife's painting and the artistic talents they passed on to their children and grandchildren. A Celebration of Ron's life will be held on January 12, 2009 at a place he designed, Kopriva Taylor Community Funeral Home, 64 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville, at 11:00 a.m. Donations in Ron's memory may be made to his favoured charities: The War Amps, The Salvation Army, or McGill University.