Full Text of SR0012 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Enoch "Nick" Scull Jr., who passed | 4 | | away on July 19, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nick Scull was born to Enoch and Vera (Johns) | 6 | | Scull Sr. on a farm outside Plano on August 12, 1924; he | 7 | | graduated from Plano High School; he was a longtime resident | 8 | | of the Plano/Sandwich area; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Nick Scull served as a tech sergeant with the | 10 | | 103rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, in | 11 | | the U.S. Army during World War II; during his service, he | 12 | | fought in several major battles in northern Europe, including | 13 | | Normandy, northern France, the Ardennes, and Rhineland, most | 14 | | notably D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Nick Scull was one of the "Heroes of Hosingen", | 16 | | one of 300 soldiers who helped defend the village of Hosingen, | 17 | | Luxembourg, holding back numerically superior enemy troops | 18 | | against overwhelming
odds for two and a half days; their | 19 | | efforts helped delay the German Army siege of Bastogne; after | 20 | | exhausting their food, water, and ammunition, he and the rest | 21 | | of the American forces in
Hosingen were ordered to surrender | 22 | | and were captured by the
Germans in December 1944; he then |
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| 1 | | spent four months in German prisoner of war camps before being | 2 | | liberated by General Patton's Army on March 30, 1945; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, After his military service, Nick Scull played | 4 | | baseball for the minor league team, the Tampa Bay Smokers, for | 5 | | a year; he attended barber college through the G.I. Bill and | 6 | | then opened up Nick's Barber Shop in Plano in 1947; he was | 7 | | later a foreman for Federal Huber and a partner of Plano Metal | 8 | | Specialties Inc.; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Nick Scull was a decorated veteran, receiving two | 10 | | Purple Hearts, an American Theater Ribbon, an | 11 | | European/American Theater Ribbon with four Bronze Battle | 12 | | Stars, the Victory Medal, the Good Conduct Medal with two | 13 | | Overseas Service Bars, a POW Medal, and a Unit Citation for | 14 | | Bravery; he was awarded Knight of the French Legion of Honor, | 15 | | the highest award given by the French government, on October | 16 | | 24, 2019; he was presented the Order of Merit of the Grand | 17 | | Duchy of Luxembourg for his bravery during the Battle of the | 18 | | Bulge from the Ambassador of Luxembourg in June 2021; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Nick Scull was honored for his military service | 20 | | at a Chicago Cubs game on July 17, 2019; he also received the | 21 | | honor of having Governor Pritzker proclaim June 11, 2021 as | 22 | | the "Nick Scull Day of Recognition" in the State of Illinois; | 23 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Nick Scull was a member of Cedardell Golf Club | 2 | | and a 74-year member of the Plano American Legion Post; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Nick Scull was preceded in death by his parents; | 4 | | his sisters, Susan (Walter) Sherman, Kay (Myles) Inman, Elsie | 5 | | Scull, and Vera (George) Eleff; his son, Paul Scull Sr.; and | 6 | | his son-in-law, Tom Hartzfeld; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Nick Scull is survived by his wife of 60 years, | 8 | | Patricia (Henry) Scull; his children, Jeff Scull, Wendy (the | 9 | | late Tom) Hartzfeld, Scott (Vicki) Scull, and Steve (Ellie) | 10 | | Scull; his grandchildren, Nikki (Marcos) Gonzales, Tracee | 11 | | (Scott) Leitner, Summer (Josh) Beyer, Brandi Hartzfeld, Mindy | 12 | | (Tim) Hilliard, Kaelyn Scull, Kurt (Jeanice) Muth, Chris | 13 | | (Allysia) Muth, Paul (Heather) Scull, Jeremy (Diana) Scull, | 14 | | Joey Scull, Josh (Brandy) Scull, Jon (Whitney) Scull, and | 15 | | Ashleigh (Tom) Russell; his 27 great-grandchildren; and his | 16 | | many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Enoch "Nick" Scull Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to | 20 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 21 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Nick Scull as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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