Scott Hislop, who served as the highway superintendent in the Village of Flower Hill for more than 20 years, died on April 20 in Centereach. He was 49.
The cause was colon cancer, which was diagnosed in 2014.
In 2006, the village purchased Flower Hill Park from Nassau County, and Hislop transformed the “overgrown garbage dump” into a beautiful family park with basketball courts, a playground and a jungle gym, Ronnie Shatzkamer, the Flower Hill village administrator, said.
“He loved the Village of Flower Hill and was always looking for ways to make things better here,” Shatzkamer said. “Scott was not just a co-worker but also a good friend. He was always ready to help anyone in need.”
A Centereach native born to George and Joan Hislop on Feb. 3, 1968, Hislop met his wife, Carolann, in the seventh grade, and they began dating in the senior year of high school.
“Everything was really good,” Carolann said. “We had a lot of fun and we did a lot of fun stuff together. He was just a very loving and caring person, who would really help people a lot.”
After graduating from Centereach High School in 1986, he began working with his father, George, who was the highway supervisor in the Village of Lake Success.
“He was a very handy man,” Carolann said. “He liked to build things and fix things around the house and he really loved his job. He was really happy, especially when they made the park and got the playground for the kids.”
Hislop enjoyed riding bikes with Carolann and his two daughters, Amanda and Amy, Amanda said.
“He was the most amazing man alive, and everything he did was for his family, for his daughters, for his wife whom he loved more than anything,” Amanda said. “When I got older, it became obvious that we shared the same sense of humor and we’d be sitting at the dinner table joking and laughing, and my mom would just smile and shake her head at us.”
Hislop’s humor went beyond the dinner table, Amanda said, and would often come out at the “most unexpected moments.”
“He had a witty, sarcastic sense of humor and he would say something and we’d go back and forth for minutes,” Amanda said.
Hislop loved when Amy baked, Amanda said, and would yell “Yes!” when she made his two favorites: apple pie and brownies.
“She would bake a pie and he was just so happy,” Amanda said. “He loved her baking.”
Along with Carolann, Amy and Amanda, Hislop is survived by his son, Konimba, and Konimba’s wife, Ruth, and their son, Ousmane.
The Village of Flower Hill will hold a memorial service for Hislop on Friday at 9 a.m. at the village park.
