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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of John Joseph Scott of Naperville, who 
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passed away on February 10, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John Joseph Scott was born in Terra Haute, Indiana 
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on August 8, 1937; he spent all of his early life in St. Louis, 
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Missouri; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a graduate of the St. Louis Institute of 
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Music in Piano Performance and received a Bachelors of Music 
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Education; he also received a Masters of Music History and 
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Literature from Northwestern University in Evanston; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a member of the 571st Air National Guard 
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Band in St. Louis and the 566th Air National Guard at 
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O'Hare-Chicago; he was a member of the American Federation of 
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Musicians Local #2, St. Louis, and the American Federation of 
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Musicians Local #10-208, Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John Joseph Scott moved to Naperville in 1964 to 
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accept a teaching position as Vocal Instructor at Washington 
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Junior High School, from which he retired in 1994; from 2002 
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until 2006 he volunteered as a pianist in the out-patient area 
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of Edward Hospital in Naperville; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, When he moved to the Chicago  area, he played as a 
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sideman and was a bandleader, composer, and arranger; and
 
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    WHEREAS, John Joseph Scott is survived by his wife of 45 
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years, Betty Jane Scott; his son, David (Ashley) Scott; his 
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daughter, Beth Anne (Trey) Hardy; his grandchildren, Sierra 
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Jane Scott, David Jonathan Scott, Garrett Nobel Hardy, and 
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Elizabeth June Hardy; and his devoted caregiver, Judy 
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Lednarova; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of John Joseph Scott; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of John Joseph Scott as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.