[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9782]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF MARK SCOTT

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                           HON. DARIN LaHOOD

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 22, 2017

  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to honor Mark Scott, who 
passed away in May, 2017.
  A native of Eureka, Illinois, Mark Scott attended Worsham College of 
Mortuary Science and later served as a funeral director for 20 years. 
As a servant of the community, he was found helping families in their 
greatest time of need at Otto-Argo Funeral Home in Eureka, Davis-Fulton 
in Peoria, and Irwin Chapel in Granite City. Later, Mark began his 
career as a financial agent, working for Country Companies in Eureka 
for the past fifteen years.
  Mark continued his service and devotion in the community as an 
accomplished Eagle Scout with Masonic Lodge Triple 835 and as president 
of the Eureka Rotary Club. In addition, Mark was a member of the Eureka 
Business Association and served on the board at the Heart House. In his 
spare time, he was known as an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed outdoor 
projects and birdwatching, as well as a family man who was fond of 
vacations and game nights with his wonderful wife, Andrea, and 
children, Alyssa and Derek. Furthermore, Mark was a man of faith, 
serving as a deacon and President of the Board of Central Christian 
Church.
  Mark Scott made his community a better place. He will always be in 
the hearts and minds of friends and family throughout the Eureka 
community. May he rest peacefully in heaven.

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