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Obituary, appeared in Deseret News on February 24, 2003
0/08/62 ~ 02/21/03
Scott Wright, age 40, passed away February 21, 2003 in a tragic car accident.
He was born Oct 8, 1962 in Provo, UT to Rex and Carol Wright. He married his high school sweetheart, Joyce Rupper. Scott worked at Muir Roberts, Intermountain Power and Owens Corning. Scott loved the outdoors, fishing and hunting. Scott was a loving husband, father, brother and son. He will be dearly missed.
Scott is survived by his wife, Joyce; daughter, Brynne; son, Wyatt; parents, Rex and Carol Wright; brother, Bret (Lezlie) Wright; and sister, Misty (Craig) Cowles.
Services will be Wed. 12 noon at Warenski Funeral Home, 1776 N. 900 E, American Fork, where friends may call Tues. 6-8 p.m. and Wed. at Warenski Funeral Home, 11-11:45 a.m. Interment, American Fork City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the RSD (Sympathetic Reflex Dystrophy Syndrome) Foundation.
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Lynn Merritt
Scott and I grew up in the same ward. (Edgemont 2nd) He was a great friend and I have alot of great memories with him. We spent alot of time hanging out at my house or his, playing in the foothills, shooting BB guns and playing football at Edgemont Elementary on Sundays. (My parents thought I was visiting friends) I remember one story when we were playing church basketball growing up. One of the boys on the other team was mentally and physically handicapped. We were winning and suddenly everytime Scott got the ball it would be "stolen" by this young man. At first we were mad at Scott until we realized what he was doing. The other young man would try and shoot the ball and Scott would get the rebound and dribble by him and let him "steal" the ball again. Once everyone knew what was going on the whole gym was cheering for this young man to score. When he finally made a basket the whole gym went crazy, including all the players on both teams. One of the few times that church basketball was actually played the way it was supposed too be played. All because of Scott Wright. I have more stories, but some of them I probably shouldn't tell. Like I said, we had alot of fun growing up together. I will miss Scott, but will always have great memories of a friend growing up.Lynn Merritt
Ross Woolf
I never hung out with Scott or really did anything with him, but in the classes I had with him he treated me as if I were a good friend. I was always impressed by that and he stood out to me among so many. Lynn’s comments about Scott struck a chord in me. It seems Scott was a person with a sincere heart. I’m sure the world is a better place because of him and something has been lost because of his early departure.