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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Esther Caroline Ford Rapp of Wood River,
4 who passed away on April 19, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Esther Rapp was born on September 24, 1917 in East
6 Alton; his parents were Roy E. Ford and Sarah Margaret
7 (DeSilvey) Ford; she married John P. Rapp on July 8, 1970 in
8 Centralia; he preceded her in death on April 26, 1999; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Esther Rapp often reminisced about her childhood
10 years, which were filled with memories of the tile works once
11 located on present Olin property and adjacent to the boarding
12 house that belonged to her grandmother, Nancy (Stephens)
13 DeSilvey; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Esther Rapp proudly served her country during
15 World War II, enlisting in the United States Army Air Corps;
16 and
 
17     WHEREAS, Esther Rapp was active in American Legion Post 794
18 in East Alton; as a 41-year member, she served in many
19 positions at the Post, including post commander, auxiliary
20 president, and post chaplain; her proudest moments with the
21 Legion consisted of serving as chaplain for Post 794's Ritual

 

 

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1 Team; she remained active in this position until 2006, when her
2 health began to decline; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Esther Rapp had a great love for her country and
4 had great love and respect for the American flag; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Esther Rapp was preceded in death by her husband;
6 her parents; her brother, Kenneth Ford; and her sisters, Lorena
7 Ford Miller, Ruth Winifred, and Mildred Ford Rogers; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Esther Rapp is survived by Cathy Jo Lewis Wilkey
9 (Mike), Saralca Lewis Sladek (Gregg), Sondra Moore Jackson
10 (Denis), James H. Sauerwein (Betty), and John P. Rapp II ; her
11 grandchildren, Jamie Schroeder, Carrie Schroeder, Michael
12 Barnett, Carol Barnett, Tanner Singh, Jason Sauerwein, Evelyn
13 Stahl, and Charles, Denise, Stephen, Kenneth, and David
14 Jackson; and her 10 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
15     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
16 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
17 her family and friends, the passing of Esther Rapp; and be it
18 further
 
19     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20 presented to the family of Esther Rapp as an expression of our
21 sympathy.