Full Text of SR0656 98th 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 Ervin Robert "Bob" Pape III of Danville, | 4 | | who passed away on September 18, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ervin Pape III was born on February 26, 1943 in | 6 | | Danville to Ervin Robert Pape, Jr. and Helen Frances (nee | 7 | | Lange) Pape; he attended Liberty, Edison, and Danville High | 8 | | Schools, graduating in 1961; he studied computer programming | 9 | | while attending Danville Area Community College, the | 10 | | University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Bradley University | 11 | | in Peoria, and Northwestern University in Evanston; he later | 12 | | attended The Indiana School of Mortuary Science, graduating in | 13 | | 1966 as a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ervin Pape III began his career at Tee Pak Credit | 15 | | Union as a supervisor of quality control; in 1977, he purchased | 16 | | Berhalter Funeral Home and operated it until 1984 when he | 17 | | became the fourth generation owner of Pape Funeral Home; in | 18 | | 1985 and 1995, the Pape Botanical Gardens and a crematory were | 19 | | added respectively; he was a Licensed Funeral Director in | 20 | | Illinois, Indiana, and Florida and a member of the Illinois | 21 | | Funeral Directors Association, the Indiana Funeral Directors | 22 | | Association, and the Florida Funeral Directors Association; | 23 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ervin Pape III was a longtime member of the Rotary | 2 | | Club of Danville No. 188, the Olive Branch Masonic Lodge #38, | 3 | | the Further Light Lodge No. 1130 Ancient Free and Accepted | 4 | | Masons, and the Valley of Danville - Ancient Accepted Scottish | 5 | | Rite of Freemasonry, past Thrice Potent Master and coroneted | 6 | | 33rd Degree in 1986; he was also a member of the Eastern | 7 | | Illinois Shrine Club-Ansar Shrine, the Knights of Columbus, and | 8 | | the Danville Country Club; he is a former member of the | 9 | | Danville Elks Lodge #332 (Elk of the Year 1973), the Jaguar | 10 | | Club of North America, the National Nomad Club, the Vermilion | 11 | | County Board, and the Danville Jaycees; in his younger years, | 12 | | he was active in the United Fund, the Young Men's Christian | 13 | | Association Drive, and the Boy Scouts of America; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ervin Pape III's passion was flying; he always | 15 | | maintained his pilot's license, and along with his wife, went | 16 | | on many small trips in their Piper Saratoga; he enjoyed flying | 17 | | commercially all over the country, whether it was for monthly | 18 | | wine dinners at the Orlando Hyatt, events at the Lyric Opera | 19 | | and Joffrey Ballet, or taking part in the Russian American | 20 | | Foundation and Bolshoi Ballet; in July of 2013, he achieved his | 21 | | lifelong goal to obtain Diamond Status with Delta Airlines; he | 22 | | was also very interested in discovering Russian culture and | 23 | | language; he had taken multiple trips to Russia over the years | 24 | | and was very active in securing a matching Rotary Grant to |
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| 1 | | secure a bus for a Russian orphange; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Ervin Pape III was preceded in death by his | 3 | | parents; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Ervin Pape III is survived by his children, | 5 | | Adrienne Pape, David (Kristin) Allen, Alexandra Pape (Jeff | 6 | | Daeschler), and ER "Roby" Pape IV (Morgan Ritchie); his | 7 | | grandchildren, Sophia Pape Allen and Payton Daeschler; his | 8 | | sister, Patricia Ann (Vince) Tumminello; his nephew, Vincent | 9 | | Tumminello; his ex-wife, Mitzi Ann (nee Williamson) Pape; his | 10 | | dog and companion, Blue; and many, many people whose lives he | 11 | | touched throughout the years; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Ervin Robert "Bob" Pape III, and extend our sincere condolences | 15 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 16 | | it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Ervin Pape III as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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