BENNIE, Robert Scott (June 24, 1960 – March 28, 2022).
Scott Bennie was born at MSA Hospital in Abbotsford and attended Alexander Elementary, then Abbotsford Junior and Senior Secondaries. At the latter, he was chosen in two consecutive years to be part of the school’s team on the CBC-TV student challenge series Reach for the Top.
Scott was elected student council president at Abbotsford Senior in 1977. He appeared before the Board of School District No. 34 to speak on behalf of students after the school principal ordered mandatory Bible readings and a prayer before the start of classes for the day.
He was also an amateur wrestler in high school and competed in tournaments throughout B.C. and the U.S. Northwest. At the same time, he wrote a column on wrestling for the ASM News.
Scott attended UBC with the intention of following his parents into the teaching profession. Instead, he found an interest in gaming and ended up writing and contributing to a long list of computer games, including developing Fallout, while working for Interplay. He was a big fan of Star Trek from its days when it first ran on television in the 1960s, as well as Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings. He designed games based on them both; Bill Shatner recorded a voice track for one of his Star Trek games. A full list of the titles of the games he was involved with can be found on-line.
When the Tech Bubble burst, Scott returned from California to live with his mother in Abbotsford.
He was also involved with the Grace Church in Abbotsford, which was originally on Busby Street, several blocks from where he grew up in an area populated at the time by swamps and cow pastures.
He had been dealing with ailments for several years prior to his death at the replacement for the MSA Hospital.
Scott is predeceased by his parents Jim (1981) and Alice (2005). He is survived by his brother Jim (Vancouver) and sister Pat (Youbou) and cousins Rob (Hopkins Landing) and Sheahan (Dilke, Saskatchewan), as well as innumerable friends in the gaming community.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 11 a.m. at the Hazelwood Cemetery, 34070 Hazelwood Avenue, Abbotsford, with a reception to follow at the Grace Church, 2087 McMillan Road, Abbotsford.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Robert Scott Bennie March 28th 2022..
Death notice for the town of: Aldergrove, Province: Colombie britanique