Ralph F. Scott II

President

Ralph F. Scott II is our president. He is a 1967 Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science (CCMS) where he is a member of the Mu Sigma Alpha academic fraternity and a Life Member of the Cincinnati Foundation for Mortuary Education. Ralph is a Vietnam era Air Force veteran where he served as a weatherman. He joined his late father, Ralph F. Scott Sr., in business September 28,1964. Ralph is a Distinguished Past-President of the Portsmouth Kiwanis Club, a member of the Kiwanis Legion of Honor, the American Legion, the Sons of Union Veterans, a member of The Friends of the Hunley, a contributor to the Wounded Warriors Project and a Kentucky Colonel. He is also an avid genealogy buff, being the unofficial genealogist of his father and mother's families.

Telephone: 1-740-353-4161

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Dawn Scott, CFSP

Vice President

Dawn Scott, CFSP,

Telephone: 1-740-353-4161

Jim Kolar

Funeral Director Apprentice

Jim Kolar joined the funeral home in November 2023. He is employed full-time as a Funeral Director Apprentice.

Jim, who is originally from the Steubenville, Ohio, area, graduated from Ohio University with a BS in Sport Sciences in 1990. In 2008 he obtained a Masters of Administration from Central Michigan University.

He spent almost 30 years at Southern Ohio Medical Center, spending 15 years in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and the last 14 years as the Manager of the LIFE Centers.

Jim and his wife, Jill, a Portsmouth City Schools teacher, live in Wheelersburg with their Golden Retriever Lucy; and two cats, Henry and Lila.

Jim is currently serving a two-year apprenticeship to become a licensed funeral director.

John R. Pendland

Laborer

John R. Pendland joined the funeral home in 2004 as our "right hand man". A former licensed funeral director, John left funeral service to pursue other interests in 1981. Upon retirement from the insurance industry, he joined us and is an invaluable asset to our firm performing any task that is asked of him. He has a Bachelor of Industrial Technologies degree from Ohio University, and is a very active member of St. Peter in Chains Catholic Church in Wheelersburg, where he is the cemetery sexton.

Patty A. Scott

Laborer

Patty Scott, Ralph's wife, performs many tasks at our funeral home. An Air Force veteran, she worked for 22 years in the medical field prior to joining the family business in 2002 as a non-licensed employee. Some of Patty's duties include delivering death certificates, working visiting hours and she is the driving force behind our beautiful, award-winning landscaping each spring. She is always there to offer her help no matter the hour and is a very valuable asset to the business. Patty is a 1981 graduate of the Institute of Medical Technology and she is a former member of the Portsmouth Salvation Army Advisory Board.

Dennis Dawes

Laborer

We welcomed Dennis Dawes, Minister, to our funeral home staff in July, 2020. Dennis is the retired pastor at Portsmouth’s Central Church of Christ where he has served the community for 35 years. A 1972 graduate of Kentucky Christian College, he and wife Joan are the parents of three sons: Andy, a sergeant with the Portsmouth Police Department; Daryn, the minister of the Centerburg Church of Christ; and Steve, a music minister at Capri Church of Christ in Naples, FL. He and Joan enjoy spending their free time with their children and four grandchildren.

Beth Walker

Laborer