Don and I met in 1975 and married in 1978. We were married for over 20 years. We were blessed with four wonderful sons, Damon, Jared (JD), Justin and Derek. Don was a loving husband and father.
His full name was Donald Alan William Scott - the boys knew that whenever they heard me say his complete name - he was in trouble with mom. (Of course it was the same for them, if they heard their complete names) It was all good. Lots of memories and fun times to cherish.
He was very involved with his family - family was the most important thing to him (other than God, of course). As mentioned before, he loved all the sports his sons played and was always there to support them and coach or assist in any way he could. He loved to be involved in all the parades and festivities.
Over the many years we, as parents, received many compliments on what wonderful manners our boys all had - and not that I didn't teach them to be that way, but Don was an excellent teacher and example. He expected nothing less but outstanding manners from his boys. And they delivered!
Yeah, Don could be a little quirky at times but that was Don and it was fun to be with him. He was always unpredictable. He had a heart of gold. Our close friends used to say that he was a tough burly guy on the outside but just a "marshmallow" on the inside. They were right.
He is missed terribly by our sons, and our four grandchildren, Isabella, Julia, Odin, and Orion. I will miss him too - we remained good friends.
I pray, and take comfort in knowing he is in "paradise" now and is out of pain and discomfort. Love you Don for the wonderful person that you were and I look forward to seeing you again down the road my friend.