Cedar City High School

Scott Bangerter - 9/6/2005

Class of 1979

How do you measure the loss of a loved-one? Someone so beloved by everyone he touched with his generosity, his big heart and his sense of humor? It's not something that can easily be expressed.

Those who knew Scott, loved him and understood that they were blessed - not everyone has the good fortune of having someone like him as part of their lives. Scott was born on November 7th 1960, in Fillmore, Utah to Dean and Mary Hart, and with him he brought to the world an endless capacity for love, charity, compassion and joy - not a soul who knew him would ever deny that he was the funniest person who ever lived. The man had a gift for telling a story and wringing every last drop of comedy from it. Like moths to a candle we drew near to hear him weave his yarns, and if you were sitting at the beginning there was a pretty good chance that you might end up on the floor holding your stomach, by the time he was done. Scott loved to laugh and what I wouldn't give to make him laugh just one more time. If life is a party, then we all know Scott was the life of it - and with his absence a little light will have gone out - somewhere in the hearts of all those whose lives he touched.

Scott was one of the most ambitious people I've ever known. After graduating from Cedar High in 1979, and completing his undergraduate work at S.U.U in 1983 - he married his long-time sweetheart Troi L. Gunnell in the old rock church in Cedar City. After being accepted to the prestigious Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport Iowa, he packed up his young bride and headed for America's heartland. But the heat and humidity, coupled with a phone call from a friend going to college in Southern California, convinced Scott to finish his education in the temperate climates of Los Angeles and he transferred to Cleveland Chiropractic College in Burbank and graduated with honors in 1987. Before long he purchased Family Chiropractic Clinic in Turlock, California where he maintained a wonderfully successful practice for the last 17 years.

Scott and his beloved wife of 22 years Troi were unable to have children, which was a great disappointment to them both, they would have made wonderful parents. And the thing I'd like to tell Troi and Scott (wherever you are) is that there were dozens of us who felt like you were our parents. The way you looked after your friends and loved ones - the perfectly timed phone calls to find out how we were doing, to see how our cars were running, if there was anything we needed - you have many more kids than you might realize. Scott might not have been a father, but he was thought of as a father figure by dozens of people who felt his care and loving support. Just to speak personally for a moment, I'd like to thank Scott and Troi for saving my life several times. I was suffering through a painful divorce and just when I'd hit bottom, the phone would ring and it'd be Scott telling me to get my butt up there. When you visited them at their home, it was like spending time at a health resort.

Scott chose Chiropractic as his profession and no one was ever more dedicated to the well-being of his patients. He had a magic touch with people and loved to impart his vast knowledge of heath and diet and taking care of your body so that it would remain youthful and strong and age gracefully. In place of children Scott and Troi raised Beagles, the dogs went everywhere with them and I know for a fact that those dogs considered Scott and Troi to be their parents.

Scott was a loving husband and son, a devoted brother, uncle and friend. He was generous to a fault - Troi complains that her house is filled with gifts that Scott would bring home that she could never get around to opening. Scott, loved music, he loved to take his boat out and go camping and water-skiing, he loved the great outdoors (he chose to live his life just a few hours away from Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks, he love his dogs, his friends, and above all, he loved Troi - and Scott, my good friend, we all loved you back, man.

Scott is survived by wife Troi L. Hart, mother Mary La Fountain, stepfather L. John Bangerter, sisters Sherrie Fowels, Brenda Hart, Barbara Bailey, Mary Lynn Seamans. Brothers John W. Bangerter (Cassandra) Grant Bangerter (Sara). mother in law Tess Gunnell, brother in Law Stephen Gunnell, sister in law Laurie Black. Nieces Audra Bailey, Ariel Bangerter, Ava Bangerter, Isabel Bangerter, Jessica Seamans, Madison Hart. Nephews - Robert Bangerter, Donald Bailey, Jesse Bangerter, Collin Bangerter, Grant Bangerter, Ivan Bangerter, Robert Seamans, Jonah Hart, John Bangerter, William Seamans, Maximus Bangerter. Preceded in Death by Father Joel Dean Hart. Father-in-Law Loren Gunnell. Brother-in-Law Robert Dean Seamans.

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