Full Text of SR0120 100th 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 William E. "Ernie" Chappel of Ramsey, who | 4 | | passed away on January 25, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Chappel was born in Springfield to William | 6 | | Lenval and Mary Louise (Lucco) Chappel on September 8, 1950 and | 7 | | grew up on a farm near Pocahontas; he graduated from | 8 | | Pocahontas/Grant Fork Grade School and Highland High School in | 9 | | 1968; he earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of | 10 | | Illinois in 1972 and his Master of Business Administration from | 11 | | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1978; he was a | 12 | | member of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity; he married Tamara D. | 13 | | Meador-Lape in Vandalia on March 26, 1999; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, William Chappel began his banking career in 1971 | 15 | | with a part-time job wrapping coins in the basement of | 16 | | Champaign National Bank; his first full-time position in | 17 | | banking was with the First National Bank (now First Bank) in | 18 | | Greenville; in 1978, he moved to Vandalia and was named Senior | 19 | | Vice-President of the Farmers and Merchants Bank; he became | 20 | | President in 1981; when the bank was sold in 1984, he remained | 21 | | as President of both the Vandalia and Greenville Banks; in | 22 | | 1990, he resigned and became President of the First National | 23 | | Bank in Vandalia; most recently, he was on the Board of |
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| 1 | | Directors of The First National Bank in Vandalia; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, William Chappel was a member of Metro Church; he | 3 | | was active in his community, including with the Rotary Club, | 4 | | the Fayette County
Family YMCA, the Chamber of Commerce, the | 5 | | Office of Economic Development, the Park District, and the I-70 | 6 | | Community Development Corp; he was also involved with the | 7 | | Kaskaskia College Foundation as the Co-Chair for their capital | 8 | | campaign for the new satellite campus in Vandalia; he was on | 9 | | the Greenville Regional Hospital Board of Directors, CBAI, and | 10 | | the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board of Directors; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, William Chappel was preceded in death by his | 12 | | parents and his sister, Cynthia K. "Cindy" Chappel; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, William Chappel is survived by his wife, Tammy; | 14 | | his children, Christopher J. "Chris" (Beth) Chappel, William | 15 | | Ryan Chappel, Melissa D. (Ken) Lounsbury, Megan K. (Kyle) | 16 | | Miller, Lesley L. Lape, and Adam E. Lape; his grandchildren, | 17 | | Jack, Dylan, Elijah, Lydia, Brynley, Jaelyn, Peyton, and one on | 18 | | the way; and his sisters, Gena (Jeff) Moore, and Cari (Jeff) | 19 | | Outman; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | William E. "Ernie" Chappel, and extend our sincere condolences |
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| 1 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 2 | | it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of William Chappel as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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