Scott Lee Shumate, 75, of Lebanon, died Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, in Lebanon.
He was born Aug. 25, 1947, in Sioux City, Iowa to Floyd Russell and Dorothy Helen Weaver Shumate.
On Jan. 15, 1977, he married Patricia Joan Dill.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Patricia on Aug. 12, 2021; and a brother, Mark Shumate.
Scott grew up in Moville, Iowa, graduating from Woodbury Central High School in 1965 and then attended Iowa State University. After graduating with a chemical engineering degree, he moved to San Francisco and began working for Bechtel Corporation, a global engineering and construction management company. For 15 years, his work with Bechtel took him around the world to locations such as Korea, England, Abu Dhabi, Jakarta, and throughout North America.
While traveling across the Midwest between job sites in the early 1980s, Scott fell in love with the Ozarks and started making plans to raise his family in this community. In the mid-1980s, he left the world construction engineering and began a rewarding career with the City of Lebanon, serving first as the City Engineer, later as City Administrator, and retiring as the Public Works Director in 2008.
He was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church. Scott had a servant’s heart; he made serving his church and community a priority over the years. Scott taught junior high Sunday School, contributed to several committees, led the finance team, and organized many local service projects. Scott and Pat also traveled with the United Methodist NOMADS program.
He is survived by three daughters, Sara Johnson and her husband Justin of Lebanon; Carol Shumate of San Francisco, Calif. and Mary Russell and her husband Jason, also of Lebanon; four grandchildren, Grace and Ella Johnson and Drew and Spencer Russell.
A Celebration of Life for Scott Lee Shumate will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Voight officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Lebanon Cemetery. His body has been cremated under the direction of Shadel’s Colonial Chapel of Lebanon. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m., prior to services at 11 a.m. also at First United Methodist Church.
Memorials in memory of Scott have been suggested to Lebanon Area Foundation Community Cares. Donations can be mailed to or left at Shadel’s Colonial Chapel, P.O. Box 948, Lebanon, Mo. 65536. Please make checks payable to LAF Community Cares. Sign guest book at www.shadelscolonialchapel.com.
