Full Text of SR1161 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Henry Llewellyn "Chappie" Chapman | 4 | | Jr., who passed away on August 15, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman, also known as "H.L.", was born | 6 | | to Henry L. Chapman Sr. and Clementine (Coose) Chapman in | 7 | | Pekin on December 9, 1937; he graduated from Pekin High School | 8 | | in 1955, where he served as sports editor for the school | 9 | | newspaper and was a member of the Quill & Scroll Society, an | 10 | | international honorary society for high school journalists; he | 11 | | earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of | 12 | | Illinois in 1960, where he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi | 13 | | fraternity, served on the Junior Inter-Fraternity Council, and | 14 | | managed the freshman and varsity baseball teams; he married | 15 | | Janice Lynne Zweifel; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman began his sales and marketing | 17 | | career with Xerox, IBM, and the 3M Company; for those | 18 | | employers, and in that order, he lived in New York City, Los | 19 | | Angeles, and Chicago; choosing to return home, he was | 20 | | transferred to Peoria by 3M to manage its Indiana, Illinois, | 21 | | and Iowa region; he was promoted to a managerial position in | 22 | | Washington, D.C. in 1976, and that promotion presented a | 23 | | crossroads in his life, the choice of which led to his career |
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| 1 | | in the Peoria community; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Leaving the corporate world after 15 years, | 3 | | Chappie Chapman joined the Milwaukee-based investment firm of | 4 | | Loewi & Company in Peoria, qualifying as a licensed financial | 5 | | advisor; he earned the designation of Certified Financial | 6 | | Planner (CFP) in 1981, and he subsequently achieved the | 7 | | standing of Registered Financial Adviser; he was recognized in | 8 | | his profession by election to Research Magazine's Broker Hall | 9 | | of Fame in 2000 and was named the first recipient of the | 10 | | Wachovia Way Award, receiving that award over a competitive | 11 | | field of 11,400 financial advisors; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman formed the Chapman Investment | 13 | | Group in 2007, fulfilling his dream of working professionally | 14 | | with his sons, Tripp and Carter; he remained with the same firm | 15 | | through seven name changes for 41 years, retiring as senior | 16 | | vice president from Wells Fargo Advisors in 2017; for his | 17 | | distinguished career, he received the Wells Fargo Lifetime | 18 | | Achievement Award upon his retirement; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman was the chief financial analyst | 20 | | of WMBD radio and television stations for 27 years; he gave | 21 | | daily market reports on WMBD radio between 1976 and 2003 and | 22 | | presented a television stock market report on WMBD every | 23 | | Saturday evening from 1980 to 1997; he also taught continuing |
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| 1 | | education classes in investing at Illinois Central College and | 2 | | Bradley University from 1980 to 1998; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman loved the community of Peoria and | 4 | | served it in many capacities; he was co-chairman of the | 5 | | Mayor's Take Pride in Peoria Commission and served on the | 6 | | Peoria City Beautiful Sculpture Selection Committee; for his | 7 | | service, he was appointed as a commissioner of the Peoria | 8 | | Public Building Commission, where he served as chairman | 9 | | between 1988 and 1990; in the business and finance community, | 10 | | he was on the board of the Security Savings & Loan Association, | 11 | | serving as its chairman from 1987 to 1989; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman was particularly interested in | 13 | | the appreciation and dissemination of the fine arts, both | 14 | | visual and audible; he was on the board of the Peoria Symphony | 15 | | Orchestra, where he served as chairman from 1980 to 1982; he | 16 | | was a member of the Lakeview Museum Arts and Sciences Board, | 17 | | serving as chairman between 1989 and 1991; following | 18 | | construction of the Peoria Riverfront Museum, he served on its | 19 | | foundation board, which led to his appointment by | 20 | | then-Governor Jim Edgar to serve as a trustee on the Illinois | 21 | | Arts Council between 1990 and 2004; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman additionally served as the first | 23 | | chairman of the newly formed Peoria Zoological Society from |
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| 1 | | 1996 to 1999; ever a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals, | 2 | | he became an investor and co-owner of the Peoria Chiefs when | 3 | | the team became a Cardinals affiliate in 1996; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his professional life, Chappie | 5 | | Chapman's energies and efforts resulted in numerous | 6 | | unsolicited awards; he was named to the list of Outstanding | 7 | | Young Men in America in 1970; locally, he received the Peoria | 8 | | Area Arts and Science Council's Prescott Bloom Award for | 9 | | meritorious service to the arts and was honored by the Peoria | 10 | | Zoological Society for his significant contributions and | 11 | | leadership roles; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman was a man of dedication and | 13 | | faith; he was a 40-year member of First Federated Church; in | 14 | | addition to attending regular services, he participated in | 15 | | congregational activities, including portraying one of the | 16 | | three wise men at a Christmas church service and regularly | 17 | | appearing in annual Christmas sketches; his dedication to | 18 | | humor and parody found an outlet in those productions, where | 19 | | one year he played Chicken Little in anticipation of Santa | 20 | | Claus; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman was a man of taste and | 22 | | sensibilities; well-read and well-traveled, he and Jan toured | 23 | | the capitals and major cities of the world, where they enjoyed |
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| 1 | | many of the best known museums and galleries; in Illinois, he | 2 | | had season tickets for the Chicago Symphony and the Peoria | 3 | | Symphony, and he was in frequent attendance at the Chicago | 4 | | Lyric Opera; he also loved sports throughout his life, as both | 5 | | a participant and a fan, particularly skiing, golf, and | 6 | | tennis; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman was a dedicated family man and a | 8 | | gentleman with a joy for life; he was known for being | 9 | | compassionate, principled, loyal, disciplined, and goal | 10 | | oriented; as a conversationalist, he could hold his own in any | 11 | | setting, whether discussing politics, the arts, entertainment, | 12 | | or life in general; he will be remembered for his warm smile, | 13 | | his cheerful manner of greeting friends and acquaintances, his | 14 | | sense of humor, and his eternally positive attitude; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman was preceded in death by his | 16 | | parents; his in-laws, George and Meridith Zweifel; and his | 17 | | brothers-in-law, Robert Powers, Thomas Stanisic, and William | 18 | | Dikeman; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Chappie Chapman is survived by his wife of 50 | 20 | | years, Janice Lynne Zweifel Chapman; his sons, Henry L. | 21 | | "Tripp" (Dina) Chapman III and John Carter (Laura) Chapman; | 22 | | his grandchildren, Alia Chapman, Avery Chapman, John Chapman, | 23 | | Colette Chapman, and Elle Chapman; his sisters-in-law, Carol |
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| 1 | | Dikeman and Joan Stanisic; and his four nieces; therefore, be | 2 | | it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Henry Llewellyn "Chappie" Chapman Jr. and extend our sincere | 6 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 7 | | him; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Chappie Chapman as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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