Sergeant Scott Paul Lunger's Obituary
Scott Paul Lunger was born March 13, 1967 in Hayward, California. He graduated from Dublin High School in 1985. After high school, Scott attended Diablo Valley College and Chico State, where he played football. He entered the IBEW Local 595 Electrical apprenticeship and worked his way up to General Foreman. Scott changed careers and was hired by the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department and graduated with the 109th Alameda County Sheriff’s Department Academy Class in 2000. He started working for the Hayward Police Department in May of 2001 where he found his true calling. Scott worked as a beat cop as well as serving on various specialty units such as the special duty unit, gang task force, SWAT, he was a Field Training Officer, was promoted to Sergeant and was an acting Lieutenant in recent months.Scott was an avid A’s and Packers fan and enjoyed attending games with his girls. It was all about the green and gold for Scott, except for when he was wearing his blues. He enjoyed coaching his daughter’s softball teams when they were young, and was an assistant coach for the Freedom High School girls’ softball team as well as volunteer coaching at several other local schools. Fishing, snow skiing, playing Cowboy in Idaho with his brother in law Lance, and playing golf with his brother Mike and his nephew Tate, were also things Scott enjoyed immensely.Scott was preceded in death by his mother Alice Lunger and is survived by his daughters, Ashton and Saralyn; his brother Mike and his wife Shey Lunger; his brother Todd Lunger; his sister Michelle Schroeder and her husband Lance; his father Paul Lunger and his wife Donna; and half sister Ciara; and his nieces and nephews Lindsey, Gabrielle, Trenten, Tate, Brena, Shauntee, Ambra and Thomas.He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 29th from 4:00pm to 9:00pm at Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home, 32992 Mission Boulevard in Hayward. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, July 30th at 10:00am at the Oracle Arena, 7000 Coliseum Way in Oakland. The funeral will be followed by private interment ceremony.
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