Scotty David Long was born in Vancouver Washington on August 29th, 1967 to Steven and Janet Long. He passed away peacefully at home after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by family.  

Scotty lived most of his life in Clark County and was privileged to experience much of the County's vibrant economic and social fabric. He attended Prairie High School for most of his High School years where he made many lifelong friends. He also attended Oregon Poly Tech Institute where he studied awhile to become an architect, one of his lifelong goals. Although he did not complete this task he was instrumental in building many things throughout the county.  Scotty loved his many careers and took pride in forming new connections and building friendships; from painting ( and fishing and hunting) with Mike Speck, learning from his peers at Pacific Seafood to baking for Bon Jovi while employed with Red Lion Bakery, twice! He spent some time working under his father at Steve Long and Associates where he learned many things, especially that he did NOT want to be a salesman!  Eventually Scotty fell into a place where he would call home for 14 years; building fences with DJ Fence.  Darin, Dave and Dick Jones were not only his employers, they became family.  Scotty took so much pride in his work building fences, there was not a place that we could go where he wasn't pointing out his work, or showing us what the competition could improve on!  Things changed and Scotty did too, it was time to make a move.  In his search for something new he applied with Hamilton Engines, now PJ Motors. After being passed up the first time he interviewed, and with some cajoling and encouragement from family and friends, Scotty persisted and secured himself a position in the warehouse, where he was crowned The Chaos Coordinator. Scotty thrived with PJ and made more lifelong friends. He had so much fun and really loved his job. This is an excerpt from a beautiful memorial written by his friend and leader at PJ. , Jim Baker.  "He showed us what it means to live with grace and give without asking for anything in return. His impact goes far beyond his work; it lives on in the people he helped, the hearts he lifted, and the friendships he built. We'll miss him deeply."

Scotty was a person who lived for the thrill of competition and a quintessential tournament man. He participated in tournaments for baseball, cribbage, darts, pool, video gaming and bowling.  His love of all things competitive began with Glenwood Little League where he started at the  young age of 5 as a bat boy for his brother Steve's team. He spent some of his years being coached by his Grandpa Dave Daugherty where they won the 1976 Little League Championship.  Scotty had many stories about and earned many trophies and awards for cribbage, darts and pool. He absolutely loved all of the time, and there was a lot of it, that  he spent playing video games with his son Tyler. Later on they would play in some LAN tournaments together, and just about every, single weekend our house was filled with the sound of Scotty and Tyler gaming. Then there was bowling and bowling and more bowling! Scotty started bowling as a Junior bowler where his Mother, Jan, was a coach. Aside from making more friends, he acquired the essentials of bowling and added his own twist. Scotty was a member of the Men's Cosmopolitan league since he was 18 years old and was on a team with his Father Steve and Uncle Tom.  Scotty also bowled with Tyler on a few leagues.  During the last 5 years his favorite nights to bowl were Wednesday night and Friday night at Tiger Bowl. Two of Scotty's proudest bowling accomplishments were the Max Mayer Sportsmanship Award for 2022-2023 and winning the BBI tournament at Linn Lanes in 2024. Scotty traveled quite a bit to compete in tournaments, his all time favorite tournament being the Military Tournament every August in Las Vegas. His greatest accomplishment in bowling are the friendships he made that have lasted a lifetime.

Scotty also loved fishing, hunting and clamming. Many of his early fondest memories were of fishing and hunting with his Grandpa Dave. Later on he became one of the fishing regulars with is father in law John Dell. They took many trips together and even though Scotty got sea sick he toughed it out until he couldn't!

Scotty had a lot of struggles during his life, some of them self induced some of them just bad luck. The thing about him is that in the end he worked so hard to right many of the wrongs. Some he got to, some he didn't and he was sad he ran out of time. 

Scotty was preceded in death by his Grandparents David and Pearl Daugherty whom he admired and aspired to model many aspects of his life after, his Niece Gabi Long who loved art and music as much as he did. 

Scotty is survived by his loving wife Michelle Long and granddaughter Faith Ordway who he helped raise the last 10 years, both at home. His son Tyler Long {Rachel} and granddaughters Addyson and Finnlee, his daughter Christa Queen, daughter Desiree Terpeney, step son Bryan Ordway, step daughter Natalie Blackbeard and grandson Theo, step daughter Crystal Russell, grandchild Ollie and granddaughter Desiree Gallimore ,his brother Steve Long {Danielle}, nieces Alexis White {Matt}, Emi Long and nephew Gunnar Long {Kelleena}, his parents Steve and Jan Long and many aunts, uncles, great nieces and nephews, his loving in laws, John and Pat Dell, sister in law Melissa Bowyer {Richard}, brother in law Mike Dell {Candace}, niece Madalyn and nephew Logan.  Scotty also leaves behind so very many friends that he loved dearly.

Gratitude goes to Scotty's amazing medical team at Legacy and The Vancouver Clinic that gave him the option to fight the good fight and walked every single day by his side and to the wonderful people at Providence Home Services who treated Scotty with so much dignity and compassion in his final days and of course to our family and friends who stepped up to the plate and helped us in so many ways, thank you is never enough.

"If you remember anything of me, after I leave this world, remember that I loved even when it was foolish. That I cared even when it was unwanted. When my body is gone remember my heart"

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