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Show Death Ends Colorful Life of Ray Scovil Moab lost one of its most colorful citizens Sunday, Nov. 11, with the death of Ray Scovil, 69. 20 - year resident, master chef, student of - human relations, and one time Moab City Policeman Police-man and Justice of the Peace. Ray Scovil was a man of varied background and wide knowledge and acquaintances, ac-quaintances, whose great interests lay in people, good books and good music. mu-sic. He was a strong Republican whose political politi-cal views made him unpopular un-popular with some, at times. Born Jan. 28, 1904 to Sylvanus and Pauline Curtis Scovil, in Spring-ville, Spring-ville, he grew up in the intermountain area. He spent some years mining in Montana and working for oil companies in Wyoming. Wy-oming. He married Ethel Allen Feb. 9, 1930 in Berkeley, Calif., and they ran a metal moldings mold-ings business in Oakland for several years. She died last October. During the mid-forties the Scovils moved to Mapleton, Utah, where they established Sco-vil's, Sco-vil's, a popular but exclusive ex-clusive establishment, with Ray as chef. He was a Justice of the Peace there and a Town Councilman, Coun-cilman, responsible for the adoption of water meters. me-ters. He made himself unpopular wi:h some for his efforts to ban the practice of prayer before be-fore meetings. Mrs. Scovil moved to Moab in 1952 to set up an accounting practice. He followed her in 1954 and among other activities, activit-ies, assisted in setting up KURA, planning format for-mat and broadcasting as a disc jockey and talk show host. His Red Door, which is now the alley door of Town TV, was a popular place to eat, and JP duties were carried car-ried out in the kitchen. The Scovils settled permanently at Porcupine Porcu-pine Ranch, Castle Valley, Val-ley, some 12 years ago, moving their businesses there. They were world travelers, delighting to share their history, experiences ex-periences and memorabilia memora-bilia with visitors. Survivors include their daughter, Mrs. Sal (Sylvia) (Syl-via) Tedesco and two grandsons, Greg and John, Castro Valley, California. Ca-lifornia. No serv ices will be held, but persons w ishing to make memorial memor-ial donations are asked to make them to Allen Memorial Hospital for equipment. |
