Walter Harry Scott

was born in Philadelphia, PA and lived there for many years before

moving full-time to Tampa, FL. He served as a Sargent in the US Army

during World War II working as a medical tech and with the military

police. Dr. Scott earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in

Secondary Education from Temple University, and his Doctorate of

Education from Nova University. The “Chief” as he was respectfully

called, dedicated his life to improving the lives of others as a public

school principal, working many years in the inner city high school and

community of West Philadelphia. He loved basketball and attended as

many of West Phila’s games as he could. He was a summer camp

counselor. He was a member of the Masonic Concordia Lodge No. 67

out of Jenkintown, PA.

Walter loved to “surf” fish by standing in the waist-deep breakers

along the Jersey coast. That was his passion. There were many family

summer vacations spent together in Ocean City at the shore and road

trips across the country to see most of the states and up into remote

areas of Canada. He also enjoyed a day on the golf course. Walter

took his roles as husband, father, son-in-law and grandfather to heart

and was a fine example of love, protection and positivity expressed in

each of these. He took loving care of the family dogs, Snooki and

Apollo. He had a curiosity about people, places and life in general and

liked to be out in the world living it.

Walter’s loving wife of 73 years, Dorothy Y Scott, passed away just 2

months ago. His parents, Marie and Walter Scott predeceased him.

He is survived by his adoring daughters Deborah Wyko of Tampa and

Janet Scott of Golden, along with his granddaughter Karrie Musa of

Delray Beach, grandsons Kevin Wyko of Wesley Chapel, and Kenneth

Wyko of Tampa, and great-grandchildren Marc Anthony, Annabelle

and Stella Musa of Delray Beach.

A family memorial service will be privately held at a future date.