Wichita Eagle, Thursday, June 24, 1965
Thane Scott, Musician, Dies at 66
Thane Ernest Scott, 66, Wichita musician who played the calliope in Shrine parades for 20 years, died Wednesday at Wesley Hospital.
Scott, 10th in a family of 11 children, was born May 13, 1899 in Burlington, Kan. He graduated from Chanute High School and received his musical education at the old Brokow Studios in Wichita. He was active here for many years, as teacher, performer and composer.
Scott, of 1514 W. 16th, was a member of the Bestor Brown Lodge, the Shrine and First Methodist Church where he belonged to Harvesters class.
After surgery for lung cancer in 1953, he was told he had three weeks to live. For many years, Scott also had suffered, from declining vision but contimed to play, teach and compose.
His wife, Marie, preceded him in death in 1951. He is survived by two brothers, Clyde of Kansas City and Ralph of Hutchinson; three sisters, Golda Burg of Berkeley, Calif., and Hope Scott and Thelma Potts, of the home; two step-sons, Carl Potter of Spavinaw, Okla., and Don Potter of Knoxville, Tenn.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral Home downtown. A memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
Thane Scott, Musician, Dies at 66
Thane Ernest Scott, 66, Wichita musician who played the calliope in Shrine parades for 20 years, died Wednesday at Wesley Hospital.
Scott, 10th in a family of 11 children, was born May 13, 1899 in Burlington, Kan. He graduated from Chanute High School and received his musical education at the old Brokow Studios in Wichita. He was active here for many years, as teacher, performer and composer.
Scott, of 1514 W. 16th, was a member of the Bestor Brown Lodge, the Shrine and First Methodist Church where he belonged to Harvesters class.
After surgery for lung cancer in 1953, he was told he had three weeks to live. For many years, Scott also had suffered, from declining vision but contimed to play, teach and compose.
His wife, Marie, preceded him in death in 1951. He is survived by two brothers, Clyde of Kansas City and Ralph of Hutchinson; three sisters, Golda Burg of Berkeley, Calif., and Hope Scott and Thelma Potts, of the home; two step-sons, Carl Potter of Spavinaw, Okla., and Don Potter of Knoxville, Tenn.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral Home downtown. A memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
Wichita Eagle, Thursday, June 24, 1965
Thane Scott, Musician, Dies at 66
Thane Ernest Scott, 66, Wichita musician who played the calliope in Shrine parades for 20 years, died Wednesday at Wesley Hospital.
Scott, 10th in a family of 11 children, was born May 13, 1899 in Burlington, Kan. He graduated from Chanute High School and received his musical education at the old Brokow Studios in Wichita. He was active here for many years, as teacher, performer and composer.
Scott, of 1514 W. 16th, was a member of the Bestor Brown Lodge, the Shrine and First Methodist Church where he belonged to Harvesters class.
After surgery for lung cancer in 1953, he was told he had three weeks to live. For many years, Scott also had suffered, from declining vision but contimed to play, teach and compose.
His wife, Marie, preceded him in death in 1951. He is survived by two brothers, Clyde of Kansas City and Ralph of Hutchinson; three sisters, Golda Burg of Berkeley, Calif., and Hope Scott and Thelma Potts, of the home; two step-sons, Carl Potter of Spavinaw, Okla., and Don Potter of Knoxville, Tenn.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral Home downtown. A memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
Thane Scott, Musician, Dies at 66
Thane Ernest Scott, 66, Wichita musician who played the calliope in Shrine parades for 20 years, died Wednesday at Wesley Hospital.
Scott, 10th in a family of 11 children, was born May 13, 1899 in Burlington, Kan. He graduated from Chanute High School and received his musical education at the old Brokow Studios in Wichita. He was active here for many years, as teacher, performer and composer.
Scott, of 1514 W. 16th, was a member of the Bestor Brown Lodge, the Shrine and First Methodist Church where he belonged to Harvesters class.
After surgery for lung cancer in 1953, he was told he had three weeks to live. For many years, Scott also had suffered, from declining vision but contimed to play, teach and compose.
His wife, Marie, preceded him in death in 1951. He is survived by two brothers, Clyde of Kansas City and Ralph of Hutchinson; three sisters, Golda Burg of Berkeley, Calif., and Hope Scott and Thelma Potts, of the home; two step-sons, Carl Potter of Spavinaw, Okla., and Don Potter of Knoxville, Tenn.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral Home downtown. A memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
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