Larry Scot Jenkins

Larry Scot Jenkins, 72, passed away October 25th, 2026, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born September 19, 1954, to Vaughn and Margie Jenkins. He is the oldest of four children. His siblings are Kirk, Kristi and Steven.

Scot had a busy, active childhood. He played little league baseball, earned the Eagle Scout Award, lettered in tennis at Bountiful High School, enjoyed water skiing and surfing, motorcycling, camping, and he ran a marathon. He had many friends growing up and his house was the happening place. His survival skills were put to the test when he got lost snow skiing with Jean in the mountains and had to spend the night outside in January. Jean fessed up--them getting lost was her fault. Scot was a generous person that looked out for the well-being of others, as evidenced by him rescuing a man from a burning car and receiving the Honor of Valor Award (there was an article in the USA Today newspaper). Scot enjoyed meeting people and maintaining contact long term. He had remarkable conversational talent with the ability to converse on a wide array of subjects. He was very intentional with his conversations and would strive to make people feel heard, understood and important. He truly cared about others and made an effort to understand ideas from their perspective.

He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a two-year mission in the Philippines. He was a teacher for the youth, scouts and adults, and he served in various capacities in the church.

Scot and Jean were married in the Salt Lake Temple August 5, 1978. They have four children, and their family enjoyed camping, hiking, playing with their dog Sady, raising rabbits, growing a garden, riding bikes, etc. In 1987 they moved five times in one year. They owned close to a dozen rental homes for 48 years and have more stories about wild tenants than they ever thought possible. Scot taught the kids how to surf in the canal while being towed by the jeep. He liked to teach his kids how to take care of cars, houses and lawn mowers. He was a great example and actively sought teaching moments with his kids to discuss different scenarios and help instill high character values in his family.

Throughout his life, Scot had an almost insatiable desire to build, repair and improve things. Anybody who knew him could appreciate that he always had big plans for a project to enhance the world around him. Everything he touched ended up looking better and being more functional. Let's not forget his unique ability to over-engineer and over-build things. No project was finished until it had way too many screws and 2x4s.

Scot had an accomplished career, which came with many challenges. He worked at the following companies: Hercules Aerospace, Eaton Kenway, Morrison Knutson, Idaho National Laboratory, Bechtel, Hanford and Westinghouse. He negotiated multimillion dollar contracts for government projects. One of his assignments was working on a site where the government was placing missiles in silos. His professional skills were utilized in coordinating efforts to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in our country's history. Scot was one of the first people on site to arrange housing for evacuated and homeless people. He also worked in Idaho Falls, Fairbanks, AK, Philadelphia, PA, Kentucky, Louisiana, Washington, and a nuclear site in Arco, ID.

Scot loved nature and all it had to offer. He wrote many articles for outdoor and hunting magazines. He had exceptional generational talent with hunting and achieved vast accomplishments in his lifelong pursuit of wildlife. He had skills and instincts in the outdoors that transcended most human comprehension. He was able to survive some of the most perilous and challenging situations that tested him to the maximum. He had a deep respect for animals and enjoyed doing most of his own taxidermy work to bring to life the beauty of the animals. He hunted across North America from a Mexican Jungle to Canada and Alaska. His hunting ventures even took him to Greenland twice and North American arctic regions with Inuits on more than one occasion. During a Canadian arctic hunt, he was exposed to subzero temperatures of -50 degrees F and sustained frost bite on his nose. Scot took his dear wife, Jean, to Greenland and the Mexican Jungle. They both enjoyed the trip. He met many wonderful people on his adventures, and he enjoyed networking with like-minded people. Many of his friends and family would call him first to share all the details of their hunting adventures. His extensive accomplishments in hunting include the following: six animals in the record books, Grand Slam of North American Sheep, Super 10, Super Slam of North American Big Game 29 (#176 of 272 in the record book), and he was successful in obtaining all animals in the Rex Baker North American Super 40, the pinnacle achievement of hunting. He has created a family tradition of hunting among his children and grandchildren, who will continue the family legacy.

Scot is survived by his devoted wife and best friend, Jean; his mother, Margie Jenkins; his siblings, Kirk (Freia), Kristi and Steven (Carol); his children, Paul (Jamie), Sheri Stewart (Tim), Shane (Erica) and Seth (Aliesha); 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. With Scot's mother, Margie, the family has five generations.

Scot is preceded in death by his father, Vaughn Jenkins.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to St. Luke's Cancer Center, White Oak Hospice and Sam Shinkle for the professional and caring services they rendered to our family.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity.

Services will be held Saturday, November 7th, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1560 N Ten Mile Rd, Meridian, ID 83642. The viewing starts at 10:00 AM and services will be at 12:00 PM.