Robert M. Scott

Robert Michael Scott, “Scotty,” was born in Woodside, Queens in 1941 to Robert John Scott and Catherine Cecelia Bonacum. After high school, he moved to Newburgh where he apprenticed and worked as a mason which ultimately led to his work renovating multiple homes and participating in the 1986 restoration of the Statue of Liberty, celebrating Lady Liberty’s 100th anniversary.

In 1962 Scotty married his high school sweetheart, Fran Lu Frangello, also from Newburgh. In 1967 they moved to a rural home outside Buttzville, NJ, where they lived until 1996, raising four children.

At 26, Scotty graduated from the NJSP Academy, beginning a twenty-nine-year career as a NJ trooper. He was initially assigned to patrol the Jersey Turnpike where he worked for several years, responding to all manner of emergencies, traffic accidents, even historically significant events such as the Newark and Asbury Park riots. Showing potential for detective work, Scotty was assigned to the ID Bureau which led to him joining the Major Crimes Unit, where he served more than 20 years, investigating homicides and finally retiring as a Captain in 1996.

He and Fran raised four children who eventually had nine grandchildren scattered from Los Angeles to Bangor. Upon his retirement, Scotty and Fran moved to their new home, a historic shipyard house on the coast near Popham Beach. Scotty spent seven years renovating the house where he and Fran enjoyed hosting friends, children, and grandchildren for the last three decades. While living in Maine, he worked as an assistant on a lobster boat, in a funeral home, and as a security staff member at the Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg. Earning his boat Captain’s license, he spent time working for the Sea Tow Vessel Recovery Company and as a Registered Maine Guide, hunting moose, deer, grouse, and bear in the North Maine woods or fishing for striped bass along the Kennebec inlet.

Scotty most enjoyed traveling with his children and his beloved wife. While piloting a rusty, drafty Winnebago all over North America, he dreamed of climbing the Matterhorn or even Mount Everest, reading dozens of books about adventurers’ experiences summitting those peaks, but sadly he was never able to make the journey to Nepal. He most enjoyed dining in Paris or wandering through Italy with Fran. One of his favorite adventures occurred on his and Fran’s 50th wedding anniversary when they journeyed to Montana to hunt elk. Having shot one near the side of the road, the couple were disappointed when the animal didn’t die right beside the truck. Rather, it ran down a ravine and died a half mile in the wilderness. So Scotty (at 71 years old) and Fran (at 69 years old) celebrated 50 years of marriage carrying hundreds of pounds of elk meat up a steep Montana hillside.

He is survived by a massive, noisy family of wine connoisseurs, riverboat gamblers, and questionable characters willing to sacrifice their morality for good Italian food. Foremost among them are his wife, Fran, his sister, Ethel (Mick & daughter, Honey), and his children: Christine (GC), Robert, Jr., Saburnia, and Dan (Noelle), along with nine grandchildren: Devin, Sam, Cameron, Hadley, Olivia, Kiersten, Henry, Jack and Beckett. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, February 28 at the Daigle Funeral Home (819 High Street, Bath) from 3:00 – 5:00 pm with a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary’s Church (144 Lincoln Street, Bath) at 11:00 am, Saturday, March 1 with a reception to follow at the Kennebec Tavern (119 Commercial Street, Bath).

For those who cannot travel to Maine, please plan to attend Robert’s celebration of life at Mainline Catering & Events in Phillipsburg, NJ (341 Pursel Street), Saturday, March 15 from Noon – 4:00 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, a wildlife conservation organization in which Robert Scott believed strongly and with whom he was a lifetime member. 

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation - Bob “Scotty” Scott Memorial

Website: https://www.rmef.org/donate/memorials-honoraria/ (this will bypass the donation page and go straight to Memorials/Honoraria)

Phone: (406) 523-4500 Mention the donation is related to a memorial/honorarium

Mail: Checks may be mailed to:

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Memorials & Honoraria

5705 Grant Creek Rd

Missoula, MT 59808

**Please add the memorial/honorarium name to the memo of the check**

Flowers can be ordered from Hawks florist:  207-442-9288.