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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Gregory B. "Greg" Bott of Plainfield, who |
4 | | passed away on January 7, 2018; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Greg Bott was born in Alton to Luriel |
6 | | (Stublefield)
and Eugene Bott on March 13, 1956 and grew up in |
7 | | Brighton; he graduated from Piasa
High School in 1974 and |
8 | | earned degrees in parks and recreation and education from North |
9 | | Central College in
Naperville in 1978; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Greg Bott began his career with the Naperville
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11 | | Park District in a maintenance position; in 1981, he
joined the |
12 | | Plainfield Park District in the same capacity; he worked his |
13 | | way up to become executive director in
1985 and served until |
14 | | his retirement in May 2013; he always believed in the role that |
15 | | parks and recreation
played in the overall well-being of a |
16 | | community; and |
17 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, the Plainfield Park District renamed |
18 | | River Edge
Park as the "Gregory B.
Bott Park" in honor of Greg |
19 | | Bott; in 2016, Renwick Community Park was renamed as "Gregory |
20 | | B.
Bott Community Park" in honor of his 32 years of
service |
21 | | with the Plainfield Park District; and
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1 | | WHEREAS, Greg Bott was a member of the Plainfield Lions |
2 | | Club and
attended Plainfield United Methodist Church and Three
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3 | | Rivers Church; he was an avid hunter,
fisherman, and |
4 | | outdoorsman; he enjoyed trap
shooting, gardening, playing |
5 | | poker, and spending time at
his cabin in Hayward, Wisconsin, |
6 | | which he called his "life's
dream"; and
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7 | | WHEREAS, Greg Bott was the beloved fiance of Misty |
8 | | Bartlett; the loving father
of Bryan and Austin Bott; the |
9 | | loving stepfather of Nina and
Nathan Bartlett; the devoted son |
10 | | of Luriel (Stublefield)
and the late Eugene Bott; the dear |
11 | | brother of Bob (Bev) Bott, Kathy (the late Rocco Goins) Bott, |
12 | | Mary Jane Bott, and the late John
(Sheila) Bott; and the fond |
13 | | nephew, cousin, uncle, great-uncle,
and friend of many, |
14 | | including Mindy Gerrietts; therefore, be it
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15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
17 | | Gregory B. "Greg" Bott, and extend our sincere condolences to |
18 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
19 | | further
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20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
21 | | presented to the family of Greg Bott as an expression of our |
22 | | deepest sympathy.
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