Bill Text: IL SR0120 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of William E. Chappel of Ramsey.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0120 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0120-Introduced.html
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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 William E. "Ernie" Chappel of Ramsey, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on January 25, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, William Chappel was born in Springfield to William | ||||||
6 | Lenval and Mary Louise (Lucco) Chappel on September 8, 1950 and | ||||||
7 | grew up on a farm near Pocahontas; he graduated from | ||||||
8 | Pocahontas/Grant Fork Grade School and Highland High School in | ||||||
9 | 1968; he earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of | ||||||
10 | Illinois in 1972 and his Master of Business Administration from | ||||||
11 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1978; he was a | ||||||
12 | member of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity; he married Tamara D. | ||||||
13 | Meador-Lape in Vandalia on March 26, 1999; and
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14 | WHEREAS, William Chappel began his banking career in 1971 | ||||||
15 | with a part-time job wrapping coins in the basement of | ||||||
16 | Champaign National Bank; his first full-time position in | ||||||
17 | banking was with the First National Bank (now First Bank) in | ||||||
18 | Greenville; in 1978, he moved to Vandalia and was named Senior | ||||||
19 | Vice-President of the Farmers and Merchants Bank; he became | ||||||
20 | President in 1981; when the bank was sold in 1984, he remained | ||||||
21 | as President of both the Vandalia and Greenville Banks; in | ||||||
22 | 1990, he resigned and became President of the First National | ||||||
23 | Bank in Vandalia; most recently, he was on the Board of |
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1 | Directors of The First National Bank in Vandalia; and
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2 | WHEREAS, William Chappel was a member of Metro Church; he | ||||||
3 | was active in his community, including with the Rotary Club, | ||||||
4 | the Fayette County
Family YMCA, the Chamber of Commerce, the | ||||||
5 | Office of Economic Development, the Park District, and the I-70 | ||||||
6 | Community Development Corp; he was also involved with the | ||||||
7 | Kaskaskia College Foundation as the Co-Chair for their capital | ||||||
8 | campaign for the new satellite campus in Vandalia; he was on | ||||||
9 | the Greenville Regional Hospital Board of Directors, CBAI, and | ||||||
10 | the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board of Directors; and
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11 | WHEREAS, William Chappel was preceded in death by his | ||||||
12 | parents and his sister, Cynthia K. "Cindy" Chappel; and
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13 | WHEREAS, William Chappel is survived by his wife, Tammy; | ||||||
14 | his children, Christopher J. "Chris" (Beth) Chappel, William | ||||||
15 | Ryan Chappel, Melissa D. (Ken) Lounsbury, Megan K. (Kyle) | ||||||
16 | Miller, Lesley L. Lape, and Adam E. Lape; his grandchildren, | ||||||
17 | Jack, Dylan, Elijah, Lydia, Brynley, Jaelyn, Peyton, and one on | ||||||
18 | the way; and his sisters, Gena (Jeff) Moore, and Cari (Jeff) | ||||||
19 | Outman; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
21 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
22 | William E. "Ernie" Chappel, and extend our sincere condolences |
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1 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
2 | it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to the family of William Chappel as an expression of | ||||||
5 | our deepest sympathy.
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