Full Text of SR0957 95th General Assembly
SR0957 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Burton E. Scott of Big Rock, who passed | 4 |
| away on December 5, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Burton Scott was born on September 8, 1925 in | 6 |
| Aurora; he was the son of Byron R. and Helen E. (Hoyt) Scott; | 7 |
| he was united in marriage to the former Lois Larson on August | 8 |
| 19, 1950 at the Salem Lutheran Church in Sycamore; and
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| WHEREAS, Burton Scott attended the Big Rock Grade School | 10 |
| and Big Rock High School in Big Rock; he was a graduate of | 11 |
| Northern Illinois University in DeKalb with a Bachelor of | 12 |
| Science degree in education; and
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| WHEREAS, Burton Scott served his country proudly with the | 14 |
| United States Air Force during World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Burton Scott was a partner with his brother Byron | 16 |
| in the operation of a general farming and cattle feeding | 17 |
| business in the Big Rock area throughout his life; he then | 18 |
| became a partner in a farming operation with his son-in-law, | 19 |
| Vern, and his grandsons, Scott and Matt; and
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| WHEREAS, Burton Scott was a lifetime member of the English |
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| Congregational United Church of Christ in Big Rock, where he | 2 |
| served for 25 years as Chairman of the Board and as a | 3 |
| moderator; and
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| WHEREAS, Burton Scott was a former Director of the Aurora | 5 |
| National Bank, as well as Chairman of the Executive Committee; | 6 |
| he served as a past Director of both the First National Bank of | 7 |
| Chicago Heights and the Sugar Grove Bank; he also was a former | 8 |
| Director of both the Kane County Service Company, now known as | 9 |
| Northern F.S., and the Kane County Livestock Feeders | 10 |
| Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Burton Scott was a past member of the Kane-DuPage | 12 |
| Soil Conservation Committee and a member of the National | 13 |
| Cattlemen's Association; he was a former Commander of the Big | 14 |
| Rock Legion Post #529 and the Chef De Gare of the Kane-Kendall | 15 |
| American Legion "40 & 8"; and
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| WHEREAS, Burton Scott was a past Master of the Hinckley | 17 |
| Masonic Lodge and a member of both the Aurora Shriner's Club | 18 |
| and Medinah Temple; he was also a member of the Big Rock Lions | 19 |
| Club and served for many years as the caretaker of the South | 20 |
| Big Rock Welsh Cemetery in Big Rock; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Burton Scott was preceded in death by his parents, | 22 |
| Byron R. and Helen E. Scott; his son, Stephen F. Scott; his |
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| brother, Byron H. (Roberta) Scott Sr.; and his wife's parents, | 2 |
| Fred O. and Esther Larson; and
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| WHEREAS, Burton Scott is survived by his wife, Lois Scott; | 4 |
| his daughter and son-in-law, Margo Scott Herrmann and Vern | 5 |
| Herrmann; his daughter-in-law, Lynn Scott; his grandchildren, | 6 |
| Scott (Emily) Herrmann, Matthew Herrmann, and Gordon and Taylor | 7 |
| Scott; his great-granddaughter, Anna Herrmann; his sister, | 8 |
| Marilyn (Royce) Thompson; and his many nieces and nephews; | 9 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Burton E. Scott; and be | 13 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Burton Scott as an expression of our | 16 |
| sympathy.
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