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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     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
 
5     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
 
9     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
 
13     WHEREAS, Burton Scott served his country proudly with the
14 United States Air Force during World War II; and
 
15     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
 
20     WHEREAS, Burton Scott was a lifetime member of the English

 

 

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1 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
 
4     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
 
11     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
 
16     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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1 brother, Byron H. (Roberta) Scott Sr.; and his wife's parents,
2 Fred O. and Esther Larson; and
 
3     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
 
10     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
 
14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to the family of Burton Scott as an expression of our
16 sympathy.