Full Text of SR0245 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of the Honorable Judge Charles William | 4 | | Chapman of Edwardsville, who passed away on May 15, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born February 18, 1942, in Granite City, | 6 | | the son of Earl William and Mabel Aileen (Huddleston) Chapman; | 7 | | he married Judith Ann (Severine) Chapman on November 23, 1963, | 8 | | at St. John Lutheran Church in Granite City; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry | 10 | | from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville in 1963 and | 11 | | his doctor of jurisprudence from Saint Louis University in | 12 | | 1967; he completed his coursework for a master's degree in | 13 | | economics in 1980 and earned his master of law degree from the | 14 | | University of Virginia School of Law in 1992; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, He was a chemist at the V.A. Hospital in St. | 16 | | Louis; he practiced law at the Chapman and Chapman Law Office | 17 | | in Granite City for 12 years; he then served as a circuit judge | 18 | | in the Third Judicial Circuit in Madison County from 1979 to | 19 | | 1988; he was elected in 1988 to the Illinois Appellate Court, | 20 | | Fifth District, and served until 2001; he served as an adjunct | 21 | | professor at Saint Louis University Law School from 1982 to | 22 | | 2001; and he had been a partner of LakinChapman LLC Law Firm in |
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| 1 | | Wood River since 2001; and | 2 | | WHEREAS,
Charles W. Chapman received his Illinois bar | 3 | | admission in 1967; he was admitted to practice before the U.S. | 4 | | Court of Appeals 7th Circuit in 1969 and before the United | 5 | | States Supreme Court in 1979; in addition, he was selected as | 6 | | Outstanding State Trial Judge in the U.S. by the Association of | 7 | | Trial Lawyers of America; he was the co-author of two books on | 8 | | legal issues; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in | 10 | | Carpenter and enjoyed reading, cooking, and traveling; he will | 11 | | be remembered for the love and special times shared with his | 12 | | family and the cherished moments with his grandchildren; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and his | 14 | | brother-in-law, Loren "Curly" Springs; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Honorable Charles Chapman is survived by his | 16 | | beloved wife of over 47 years, Judith Ann; his children, | 17 | | Christina (Steve), Thomas (Melissa), and Sarah; his cherished | 18 | | grandchildren, Samuel William Chapman, Silas Jerome Chapman, | 19 | | Eleanor Chapman Baker, Charles John Chapman Utgaard, and | 20 | | Margaret Utgaard; his sisters and brothers-in-law, Patricia | 21 | | and Duane Crews, Carol Sue Springs, and Sharon Kaye and Jim | 22 | | Hargraves; his brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, John and |
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| 1 | | Dessa Severine and Janet Severine; as well as his extended | 2 | | family and many friends; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 | | his family and friends, the passing of the Honorable Judge | 6 | | Charles Chapman; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of the Honorable Charles William | 9 | | Chapman as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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