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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of John Joseph Scott of Naperville, who
4 passed away on February 10, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, John Joseph Scott was born in Terra Haute, Indiana
6 on August 8, 1937; he spent all of his early life in St. Louis,
7 Missouri; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He was a graduate of the St. Louis Institute of
9 Music in Piano Performance and received a Bachelors of Music
10 Education; he also received a Masters of Music History and
11 Literature from Northwestern University in Evanston; and
 
12     WHEREAS, He was a member of the 571st Air National Guard
13 Band in St. Louis and the 566th Air National Guard at
14 O'Hare-Chicago; he was a member of the American Federation of
15 Musicians Local #2, St. Louis, and the American Federation of
16 Musicians Local #10-208, Chicago; and
 
17     WHEREAS, John Joseph Scott moved to Naperville in 1964 to
18 accept a teaching position as Vocal Instructor at Washington
19 Junior High School, from which he retired in 1994; from 2002
20 until 2006 he volunteered as a pianist in the out-patient area
21 of Edward Hospital in Naperville; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, When he moved to the Chicago area, he played as a
2 sideman and was a bandleader, composer, and arranger; and
 
3     WHEREAS, John Joseph Scott is survived by his wife of 45
4 years, Betty Jane Scott; his son, David (Ashley) Scott; his
5 daughter, Beth Anne (Trey) Hardy; his grandchildren, Sierra
6 Jane Scott, David Jonathan Scott, Garrett Nobel Hardy, and
7 Elizabeth June Hardy; and his devoted caregiver, Judy
8 Lednarova; therefore, be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
10 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
11 his family and friends, the passing of John Joseph Scott; and
12 be it further
 
13     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to the family of John Joseph Scott as a symbol of our
15 sympathy.