Obituary of Wayne Scott
We regretfully announce the passing of Wayne Scott on February 1 2026 in Fort Erie, Ontario.
Husband to Jacqueline (née Chevrier), father to Brenda Keiwan (Scott Dodson) and David Scott (Erin Heagle), grandfather to Nicole Keiwan, and uncle to Patti Scott (Josh Hargreaves). Wayne is predeceased by his father Ralph Lloyd Scott, mother Elizabeth Berneice (née Pierce), and his brother Glenn Scott.
Clarence Wayne Scott was born in Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia, in 1942. He remained connected to the people and landscape of the south shore of Nova Scotia ever since, returning annually for most of his life. His father’s air force career took them across the country, and Wayne often reminisced about life on RCAF bases in Clinton, Trenton and North Bay, Ontario; Chatham, New Brunswick and Senneterre, Quebec. He inherited his interest in electronics from his father, which was the gateway to early work with Otis Elevator and Northern Telecom. While working in Montreal, Wayne met the love of his life, Jacquy. Love was in the air, as Wayne and his friend Ray Beaumont both married the girls they met that night. Wayne and Jacquy married on July 18 1964 in Bryson, Quebec.
Skill with electronics led to Wayne’s hiring by Toronto General Hospital to support medical research and the fledgling development of open-heart surgery. Following pioneering work on the development of cardiac perfusion and the heart lung machine with Dr. Bigelow in Toronto, Wayne and family moved to greater Fort Erie in 1967 where he led the Buffalo Children’s Hospital perfusion team and taught the practice to generations of perfusion students and to international heart surgery teams in Italy, Costa Rica and Argentina, and to visiting delegations from Russia, China and Turkey. Wayne retired as a Certified Cardiac Perfusionist (CCP) Emeritus in 2000.
Wayne was a lifelong pilot, having dreamed of flight since he was a boy living on RCAF bases. With Jacquy he restored a classic fabric-covered Taylorcraft, and promptly flew it cross-country to visit his birthplace in Nova Scotia, landing on the firm sandy beach at low tide. Many of Wayne’s friends knew him through his other myriad interests, including antique cars, wooden boats, book and toy collecting. His passion for Canadian military history and flight led to the restoration of a military surplus flight simulator for the all-Canadian Avro CF-100. Wayne welcomed many hundreds of military Cadets to his home for tours and simulated flying time in the CF-100.
The celebration of Wayne’s life will be held at the Benner Funeral Services, 1105 Benner Avenue in Fort Erie on Saturday February 14. Visitation will be held 10 a.m. with memorial service at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow immediately at McAffee Cemetery on Thompson Road, with luncheon to follow at Benner Funeral Services. All are welcome.