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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 Charles H. "Charlie" Nogle of Champaign, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on March 16, 2019; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle was born in Champaign to J. Harold | ||||||
6 | and Audra Bailey Nogle on February 5, 1931; he graduated from | ||||||
7 | Champaign High School in 1949; while in high school, he learned | ||||||
8 | to fly at the Champaign airport using his uncle's airplane; he | ||||||
9 | attended Miami University in Ohio, where he was a member of | ||||||
10 | ROTC and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity; he transferred to the | ||||||
11 | University of Illinois for his senior year and graduated with a | ||||||
12 | degree in business in 1953; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle started his career with Illinois | ||||||
14 | Bell in Aurora; in 1954, he returned home to transition his | ||||||
15 | family's heating and coal supply business into the natural gas | ||||||
16 | HVAC industry; he expanded into commercial real estate | ||||||
17 | development, building apartment and restaurant investment | ||||||
18 | properties; he partnered with the Monical Pizza Corporation as | ||||||
19 | an investor and developer, building restaurants around central | ||||||
20 | Illinois; he was a key player in keeping Monical's Pizza | ||||||
21 | locally owned; for over 35 years, he was a director of | ||||||
22 | Monical's Pizza; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle's passion was aviation; he owned and | ||||||
2 | flew over 30 different makes and models of aircraft; he | ||||||
3 | achieved commercial pilot with single and multi-engine and | ||||||
4 | instrument ratings; in the mid-1950s, he started acquiring | ||||||
5 | parts to rebuild his dream aircraft, a T-34 Mentor, which was | ||||||
6 | used by both the Air Force and Navy for training; his first | ||||||
7 | project led to dozens more, and over the years, he became | ||||||
8 | recognized as the worldwide authority on the T-34 Mentor; he | ||||||
9 | founded the T-34 Association and became known by that community | ||||||
10 | as "Mr. Mentor"; he was a longtime EAA Warbirds of America | ||||||
11 | director and was an honored member of both the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Aviation Hall of Fame and the EAA Warbirds of America Hall of | ||||||
13 | Fame; and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle was an avid World War II historian, | ||||||
15 | especially as it related to military aviation, and amassed an | ||||||
16 | extensive WWII book collection; he was also a dedicated | ||||||
17 | supporter of the Ernie Pyle Museum in Dana, Indiana; he was a | ||||||
18 | fan of all wildlife and his family's many canine companions; he | ||||||
19 | was an active supporter of various local and national animal | ||||||
20 | protection charities; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle was an Eagle Scout and lifelong | ||||||
22 | supporter of Camp Drake; in 2008, in honor of his father, | ||||||
23 | Harold Nogle, he commissioned the design and construction of | ||||||
24 | the Camp Drake Shooting Sports Range; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle is survived by his wife of 30 years, | ||||||
2 | Diana; his sister, Marianne Wilson; his children, James Nogle | ||||||
3 | (Gayle), Charles J. "Jud" Nogle (Ann), John Nogle (Diane), and | ||||||
4 | Ellen Nogle Proffit (Matthew); his grandchildren, Joel, Jeff, | ||||||
5 | Olivia, and Ainsley; his great-grandchildren, Liam and Emma; | ||||||
6 | his stepchildren, Stephanie and Joshua; his | ||||||
7 | step-grandchildren, Chelsea, Sheldon, Brennan, Arianna, Arwen, | ||||||
8 | and Janie; and his stepgreat-granddaugher, Sophia; therefore, | ||||||
9 | be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
12 | Charles H. "Charlie" Nogle and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
13 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
14 | it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of Charlie Nogle as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our deepest sympathy.
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