HR0865 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Leslie Maxwell "Max" Scott II, who passed away on May 10, 2022; and

WHEREAS, Max Scott was born in Quincy to Leslie Maxwell Scott and Verla Benscoter on October 18, 1931; he spent the best part of his childhood in West Ridge, where he had a passion for fast horses; he received numerous trophies at county fairs and other venues before changing his focus to motorbikes; he graduated from Maroa-Forsyth High School in Maroa, where he earned varsity letters in football and track and claimed to have invented the safety blitz; he married Mary Helen Frederick and graduated from Lincoln College in Lincoln and Illinois State University, where he took degrees in speech pathology and speech communication and where he was, as he had been in high school, an accomplished stage actor; he attended graduate school at the University of Illinois, pursuing a master's degree in psychiatric social work; and

WHEREAS, Max Scott went to work in the Lincoln State School for Disabled Children; later, he became a speech pathologist for various Central Illinois school districts; he served special needs students not just in the school house but also in his own home or their homes on weekends and evenings; later, he taught school at Maroa, directed the high school drama department, and served as the public address announcer at high school football and basketball games; he also traveled across Central Illinois, serving small-town kids whose schools lacked adequate resources to otherwise meet their special needs; and

WHEREAS, Max Scott accepted a job as a consultant to the McGraw-Hill Book Company in 1966; he worked for McGraw-Hill for 25 years and moved his family to Highland; in later years, he returned to Central Illinois and renewed his teaching certificate; and

WHEREAS, Max Scott enjoyed dancing with his wife, and he was a proud member of the Maroa-Forsyth Trojans M-club for over 73 years; he liked to play the ponies at Cahokia or poker wherever he could find a game worthy of his skills; his longevity has been attributed by some to having disciplined himself for many years by adhering to a strict diet of biscuits and gravy, cigars, and scotch whiskey; and

WHEREAS, Max Scott was preceded in death by his wife of over 51 years, Mary; his sister, Bonnie Burden; his brothers, Winfield and J.D.; and his sons, Maxie and James; and

WHEREAS, Max Scott is survived by his brother, Garett Scott; his son, Thomas Jefferson Scott, and wife, Betty Lau; his granddaughter, Ellen Scott, and her fiancé, Shayne Prapaislip; Andrew Scott and his partner, Tia Bertrand; his granddaughter, Elena Scott, and her mother, Lilia Lopez; his daughter-in-law, Shari Scott, and granddaughter, Emma Scott; and numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Leslie Maxwell "Max" Scott II and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Max Scott as an expression of our deepest sympathy.