Bill Text: IL HR1314 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of William Travis Plater.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-19 - Resolution Adopted [HR1314 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1314-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of William | ||||||
| 4 | Travis "Bill" Plater, who passed away on August 1, 2014; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, William Plater was born in Vienna on August 10, | ||||||
| 6 | 1927 to William Garrett and Ruby K. (nee Travis) Plater; he | ||||||
| 7 | served in the United States Navy during World War II and in the | ||||||
| 8 | Army Counter Intelligence Corps during the Korean War; he | ||||||
| 9 | graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale | ||||||
| 10 | (SIU) in 1951 and worked for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat as a | ||||||
| 11 | writer and artist; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, William Plater was best known for portraying the | ||||||
| 13 | character of "Cactus Pete" for 16 years for WSIL-TV3 in | ||||||
| 14 | Harrisburg; "Cactus Pete" was a blend of cowboy, prospector, | ||||||
| 15 | and Gabby Hayes types, who anyone that grew up in southern | ||||||
| 16 | Illinois or attended SIU during the 1960s and 1970s would | ||||||
| 17 | remember; he also played "Ruffles the Clown" and "The Cartoon | ||||||
| 18 | Man" and was emcee of the afternoon variety program, "Studio | ||||||
| 19 | Show", for WSIL-TV3; he joined the station as an art director | ||||||
| 20 | when it first went on the air in December of 1953; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, William Plater married Susan K. (nee Payne) McGill | ||||||
| 22 | on December 28, 1991; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Following his time on television, William Plater | ||||||
| 2 | founded Plater Printing & Trophies, Inc. in Harrisburg and ran | ||||||
| 3 | it for 18 years; after that, he and his wife established | ||||||
| 4 | Graphics Galore, Inc. in Marion and operated it for 8 years; in | ||||||
| 5 | semi-retirement, they started a promotional product business, | ||||||
| 6 | "The Idea Shop"; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, William Plater enjoyed reading newspapers, | ||||||
| 8 | drawing, painting, gardening, and yard work; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, William Plater was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 10 | parents; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, William Plater is survived by his wife, Susan; his | ||||||
| 12 | daughter, Darci Plater; his son, William Kelly Plater; his | ||||||
| 13 | step-daughter, Cynthia (Darren) Ward; his step-son, Bryan | ||||||
| 14 | (Melinda) McGill; 4 step-grandchildren, Jacob Norris and | ||||||
| 15 | Murphy, Lenox, and Rogan Ward; his sister, Mary Ann (George) | ||||||
| 16 | Chenoweth; his brother-in-law, Philip (Rosemary) Payne; his | ||||||
| 17 | niece, Kathy Hefele; and his cousin, Wanda Slack; therefore, be | ||||||
| 18 | it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 20 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 21 | we mourn the passing of William Travis "Bill" Plater, and | ||||||
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| 1 | extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all | ||||||
| 2 | who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the family of William Plater as an expression of | ||||||
| 5 | our deepest sympathy.
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