The Reverend Dr. Peter Lee Scott—long-time parish minister, singer and musician, student of UU history, and charter member of the Charles Street Meeting House in Boston—died on 20 December 2017, at the age of 84.

Peter loved table tennis and model railroading, and was also a “very cautious” sailor, claiming that his sailboat, Chicken of the Sea, described him as a skipper. He maintained a near life-long relationship with the Ferry Beach Association and, following his Universalist minister father, regularly celebrated Groundhog Day with sermons, liturgies, and carols.

Peter Lee Scott was born on 6 November 1933 in Peoria, Illinois, to Mary Slaughter and the Rev’d Clinton Lee Scott. From St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY) he earned a B.D. in 1955 and an M.Div. in 1957. He would later earn an M.A. in religious education from Hartford (CT) Seminary (1962) and a D.Min. from Lexington (KY) Theological Seminary (1972).

Mr. Scott was ordained on 8 September 1957 at the First Universalist Society in New Haven, CT, where he served for five years. Parish settlements followed in Massachusetts, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Virginia. He then took a call to the First Universalist Church of Southold, NY (1987–96), followed by a one-year interim ministry at the UU Congregation of York, PA.

Finally, the Rev’d Dr. Scott was called to St. Paul’s Universalist Church in Little Falls, NY, where his spouse Faith was ordained and served with him as co-minister. After retirement in 1999, he continued with supply preaching at St. Paul’s and at the First Universalist Society in Salisbury Center, NY. In 2013, he was elected Minister Emeritus by both congregations.

At the time of Peter’s death, survivors included his spouse and colleague, the Rev. Dr. Faith Grover Scott, children Michael, Rebecca, and Steven, stepchildren Robert, Elizabeth, and Margaret, and fourteen grandchildren, step-grandchildren, and great-grandchildren