News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

Scott Redfield

Scott Redfield was a native Oregonian born in Portland, where he attended Riverdale grade school and then Lincoln High School.

During the World War II years Scott saw action in the Pacific on a transporter for four years in the U.S. Navy. He then attended Reed and Lewis & Clark Universities where he completed his degree in economics. He worked for the state as a social worker out of Portland and also Wheeler County.

The Redfield family has a strong connection to Central Oregon through the cabin they had on the Metolius River which was built in 1919. In 1967 Scott moved to property in the Cloverdale area with his wife, Patricia Ransom Redfield.

They raised alfalfa and cattle into the 1970s, then moved closer to the town of Sisters. Scott enjoyed fly fishing, hiking, and "exercising" his many collectable sports cars.

He was known as a successful race car driver in the 1950s-60s and continued to drive thru his life in his MGBs.

He had a reputation as an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed his time climbing the Three Sisters at different times of the year as well as river rafting. Scott made donations to the Humane Society, Salvation Army, Red Cross and the Oregon Food Bank.

 

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