Full Text of SR0494 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Mark A. Scott of Eureka, who passed away | 4 | | on May 2, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mark Scott was born in Louisiana, Missouri to Rev. | 6 | | Dale and Marjorie Smiley Scott on September 23, 1960; he | 7 | | married Andrea Wilson in Eureka on September 29, 1984; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mark Scott attended the Worsham College of | 9 | | Mortuary Science and began a career as a funeral director, | 10 | | serving for 20 years; he first worked for the Otto-Argo Funeral | 11 | | Home in Eureka before going to
Davison-Fulton Woodland Chapel; | 12 | | he then worked for 15 years for the Irwin Chapel in Granite | 13 | | City; later, he began his career as a financial agent for | 14 | | Country Companies; he worked from his office in Eureka for the | 15 | | past 15 years, doing business as a Country Financial agent; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Mark Scott was very active in the Eureka | 17 | | community; he was an Eagle Scout, a member of Masonic Lodge | 18 | | Triple 835 in Granite City, and a Shriner; he served as a past | 19 | | member of the Kiwanis and was a former president of the PTA and | 20 | | the Eureka Area Swim Team; he was the president of the Eureka | 21 | | Rotary Club, a Eureka Business Association member, and served | 22 | | on the board at the Heart House in Eureka; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mark Scott was a fan of the Green Bay Packers and | 2 | | the Chicago Cubs; he enjoyed vacations and game nights with his | 3 | | family and children; he loved to work in the yard and care for | 4 | | birds; he was a member of the Eureka Christian Church; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mark Scott is survived by his wife, Andrea; his | 6 | | children, Alyssa (Galen) Rocke and Derek (Colleen Hogan) Scott; | 7 | | his sister, Melanie Shipp; his mother and father-in-law, | 8 | | Shirley and Gilbert Wilson; his sister-in-law, Chris (Ron) | 9 | | Schmidgall; his brother-in-law, Dean (Diana) Wilson; his pet | 10 | | dog, Tippy; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Mark A. Scott, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 14 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Mark Scott as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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