Matthew "Scamie" Emerson Scamahorn died Sunday. He was 89 and had been a life-long resident of Pittsboro. A son of the late Marion and Bessie (Wilson) Scamahorn, he grew up on farms in the Pittsboro area and graduated from Pittsboro High School in 1937. He married Frances Hinshaw in 1939. She died in 1997. In 1998, Mr. Scamahorn married Ellia Marsh of Pittsboro. She survives and lives in Indianapolis.
Mr. Scamahorn earned a scholarship to Indiana University but instead went into the construction business building houses in the Indianapolis area. During World War II, he went to New York City to train in the production of the Norden Bomb Site and returned to supervise 124 men at Naval Avionics in Indianapolis. After the war, he opened Scamie's Cafe in Pittsboro with help from his wife and mother. The cafe closed after five years and he then worked a variety of jobs until being hired by Detroit Diesel Allison of Indianapolis. After 27 years there, he retired from Allison's Plant 5 as assistant chief engineer of the power house.
He and his first wife spent their retirement years traveling in a Chevy van that he had designed and fitted as an all-in-one recreational vehicle. He had traveled to all 50 states. An avid professional baseball fan, he had box seats for the Indianapolis Indians for many years and spent training season in Florida at the major league training camps.
Mr. Scamahorn was an active member of the Pittsboro Christian Church for more than 50 years serving in various positions including teacher, deacon, elder, board member and trustee. He enjoyed building things and had planned and constructed two homes that he owned in Pittsboro. He served 10 years on the Pittsboro Town Council and during that time was instrumental in helping get the first sewage treatment plant, the railroad crossing signs, the first street numbers and signs and the fire station.
Additional survivors include a daughter, Sandra Miles of Bloomfield and her partner, Ed Paynter; a brother, Eugene Scamahorn of Greenwood; grandchildren Cheryl Riddle and her husband Barry of Pittsboro, Brian Miles of Indianapolis and Michael Duncan of Indianapolis; and four great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death was a daughter, Margie Duncan.
Services are 10 a.m. Friday at the Pittsboro Christian Church with the Rev. Dr. Audrey Borschel officiaing. Entombment will be at Lincoln Memory Gardens. Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the David A. Hall Mortuary in Pittsboro.
Additional information on him and his family can be found in the Matthew Scamahorn family article on page 520 of the 1976 Hendricks County History.
Mr. Scamahorn earned a scholarship to Indiana University but instead went into the construction business building houses in the Indianapolis area. During World War II, he went to New York City to train in the production of the Norden Bomb Site and returned to supervise 124 men at Naval Avionics in Indianapolis. After the war, he opened Scamie's Cafe in Pittsboro with help from his wife and mother. The cafe closed after five years and he then worked a variety of jobs until being hired by Detroit Diesel Allison of Indianapolis. After 27 years there, he retired from Allison's Plant 5 as assistant chief engineer of the power house.
He and his first wife spent their retirement years traveling in a Chevy van that he had designed and fitted as an all-in-one recreational vehicle. He had traveled to all 50 states. An avid professional baseball fan, he had box seats for the Indianapolis Indians for many years and spent training season in Florida at the major league training camps.
Mr. Scamahorn was an active member of the Pittsboro Christian Church for more than 50 years serving in various positions including teacher, deacon, elder, board member and trustee. He enjoyed building things and had planned and constructed two homes that he owned in Pittsboro. He served 10 years on the Pittsboro Town Council and during that time was instrumental in helping get the first sewage treatment plant, the railroad crossing signs, the first street numbers and signs and the fire station.
Additional survivors include a daughter, Sandra Miles of Bloomfield and her partner, Ed Paynter; a brother, Eugene Scamahorn of Greenwood; grandchildren Cheryl Riddle and her husband Barry of Pittsboro, Brian Miles of Indianapolis and Michael Duncan of Indianapolis; and four great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death was a daughter, Margie Duncan.
Services are 10 a.m. Friday at the Pittsboro Christian Church with the Rev. Dr. Audrey Borschel officiaing. Entombment will be at Lincoln Memory Gardens. Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the David A. Hall Mortuary in Pittsboro.
Additional information on him and his family can be found in the Matthew Scamahorn family article on page 520 of the 1976 Hendricks County History.
Matthew "Scamie" Emerson Scamahorn died Sunday. He was 89 and had been a life-long resident of Pittsboro. A son of the late Marion and Bessie (Wilson) Scamahorn, he grew up on farms in the Pittsboro area and graduated from Pittsboro High School in 1937. He married Frances Hinshaw in 1939. She died in 1997. In 1998, Mr. Scamahorn married Ellia Marsh of Pittsboro. She survives and lives in Indianapolis.
Mr. Scamahorn earned a scholarship to Indiana University but instead went into the construction business building houses in the Indianapolis area. During World War II, he went to New York City to train in the production of the Norden Bomb Site and returned to supervise 124 men at Naval Avionics in Indianapolis. After the war, he opened Scamie's Cafe in Pittsboro with help from his wife and mother. The cafe closed after five years and he then worked a variety of jobs until being hired by Detroit Diesel Allison of Indianapolis. After 27 years there, he retired from Allison's Plant 5 as assistant chief engineer of the power house.
He and his first wife spent their retirement years traveling in a Chevy van that he had designed and fitted as an all-in-one recreational vehicle. He had traveled to all 50 states. An avid professional baseball fan, he had box seats for the Indianapolis Indians for many years and spent training season in Florida at the major league training camps.
Mr. Scamahorn was an active member of the Pittsboro Christian Church for more than 50 years serving in various positions including teacher, deacon, elder, board member and trustee. He enjoyed building things and had planned and constructed two homes that he owned in Pittsboro. He served 10 years on the Pittsboro Town Council and during that time was instrumental in helping get the first sewage treatment plant, the railroad crossing signs, the first street numbers and signs and the fire station.
Additional survivors include a daughter, Sandra Miles of Bloomfield and her partner, Ed Paynter; a brother, Eugene Scamahorn of Greenwood; grandchildren Cheryl Riddle and her husband Barry of Pittsboro, Brian Miles of Indianapolis and Michael Duncan of Indianapolis; and four great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death was a daughter, Margie Duncan.
Services are 10 a.m. Friday at the Pittsboro Christian Church with the Rev. Dr. Audrey Borschel officiaing. Entombment will be at Lincoln Memory Gardens. Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the David A. Hall Mortuary in Pittsboro.
Additional information on him and his family can be found in the Matthew Scamahorn family article on page 520 of the 1976 Hendricks County History.
Mr. Scamahorn earned a scholarship to Indiana University but instead went into the construction business building houses in the Indianapolis area. During World War II, he went to New York City to train in the production of the Norden Bomb Site and returned to supervise 124 men at Naval Avionics in Indianapolis. After the war, he opened Scamie's Cafe in Pittsboro with help from his wife and mother. The cafe closed after five years and he then worked a variety of jobs until being hired by Detroit Diesel Allison of Indianapolis. After 27 years there, he retired from Allison's Plant 5 as assistant chief engineer of the power house.
He and his first wife spent their retirement years traveling in a Chevy van that he had designed and fitted as an all-in-one recreational vehicle. He had traveled to all 50 states. An avid professional baseball fan, he had box seats for the Indianapolis Indians for many years and spent training season in Florida at the major league training camps.
Mr. Scamahorn was an active member of the Pittsboro Christian Church for more than 50 years serving in various positions including teacher, deacon, elder, board member and trustee. He enjoyed building things and had planned and constructed two homes that he owned in Pittsboro. He served 10 years on the Pittsboro Town Council and during that time was instrumental in helping get the first sewage treatment plant, the railroad crossing signs, the first street numbers and signs and the fire station.
Additional survivors include a daughter, Sandra Miles of Bloomfield and her partner, Ed Paynter; a brother, Eugene Scamahorn of Greenwood; grandchildren Cheryl Riddle and her husband Barry of Pittsboro, Brian Miles of Indianapolis and Michael Duncan of Indianapolis; and four great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death was a daughter, Margie Duncan.
Services are 10 a.m. Friday at the Pittsboro Christian Church with the Rev. Dr. Audrey Borschel officiaing. Entombment will be at Lincoln Memory Gardens. Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the David A. Hall Mortuary in Pittsboro.
Additional information on him and his family can be found in the Matthew Scamahorn family article on page 520 of the 1976 Hendricks County History.
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