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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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