John 'Scotty' McPhee, III New Hartford John 'Scotty' McPhee, III, 87, of Wills Drive, died Sunday, October 26, 2008, at Faxton-St. Luke's Hospital. He was born November 13, 1920, in Clinton, a son of John and Alice Peters McPhee, II. Scotty graduated from Clinton High School with the class of 1939. He was a US Army veteran, serving in Italy, Africa and Europe. On January 31, 1947, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Utica, he married Cyrilla Williams. Mrs. McPhee died December 13, 2001. Scotty retired in 1977 from Griffiss Air Force Base, as a supervisor in the communications dept. He was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in New Hartford, Helmuth-Ingalls Post 232 American Legion, Burns-Schilling-Young VFW Post 9591, Clinton-Westmoreland Lodge F&AM and the Utica Temple F&AM, and also the Utica Shriners. An avid outdoorsman, Scotty loved gardening, camping, hunting and fishing. He could always be found with his constant companion, 'Daisy', his Springer Spaniel. He is survived by his daughter, Alice Relyea and her fiancé, Richard McDonald, of Clay; his son, John Everett McPhee, of Houston, TX; his great-grandson, Everett Shelman Tester, of New Mexico; and a sister-in-law, Marion Williams, of Utica. He was predeceased by his wife; his granddaughter, Sarah Shelman McPhee, in 2005; his brother, Teddy McPhee; and his sister, Minnie Walbeck. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, October 31, 2008, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Oxford Rd., New Hartford. Private burial for the family will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends are invited to call Tuesday (today) from 5-8 p.m. at Owens-Pavlot Funeral Service, Inc., 35 College St., Clinton. Please consider donations to Shriner's Hospital for Children, 516 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104-2396. www.owens-pavlot.com John McPhee, III