Full Text of SR0252 101st 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 Charles H. "Charlie" Nogle of Champaign, | 4 | | who passed away on March 16, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle was born in Champaign to J. Harold | 6 | | and Audra Bailey Nogle on February 5, 1931; he graduated from | 7 | | Champaign High School in 1949; while in high school, he learned | 8 | | to fly at the Champaign airport using his uncle's airplane; he | 9 | | attended Miami University in Ohio, where he was a member of | 10 | | ROTC and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity; he transferred to the | 11 | | University of Illinois for his senior year and graduated with a | 12 | | degree in business in 1953; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle started his career with Illinois | 14 | | Bell in Aurora; in 1954, he returned home to transition his | 15 | | family's heating and coal supply business into the natural gas | 16 | | HVAC industry; he expanded into commercial real estate | 17 | | development, building apartment and restaurant investment | 18 | | properties; he partnered with the Monical Pizza Corporation as | 19 | | an investor and developer, building restaurants around central | 20 | | Illinois; he was a key player in keeping Monical's Pizza | 21 | | locally owned; for over 35 years, he was a director of | 22 | | Monical's Pizza; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle's passion was aviation; he owned and | 2 | | flew over 30 different makes and models of aircraft; he | 3 | | achieved commercial pilot with single and multi-engine and | 4 | | instrument ratings; in the mid-1950s, he started acquiring | 5 | | parts to rebuild his dream aircraft, a T-34 Mentor, which was | 6 | | used by both the Air Force and Navy for training; his first | 7 | | project led to dozens more, and over the years, he became | 8 | | recognized as the worldwide authority on the T-34 Mentor; he | 9 | | founded the T-34 Association and became known by that community | 10 | | as "Mr. Mentor"; he was a longtime EAA Warbirds of America | 11 | | director and was an honored member of both the Illinois | 12 | | Aviation Hall of Fame and the EAA Warbirds of America Hall of | 13 | | Fame; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle was an avid World War II historian, | 15 | | especially as it related to military aviation, and amassed an | 16 | | extensive WWII book collection; he was also a dedicated | 17 | | supporter of the Ernie Pyle Museum in Dana, Indiana; he was a | 18 | | fan of all wildlife and his family's many canine companions; he | 19 | | was an active supporter of various local and national animal | 20 | | protection charities; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle was an Eagle Scout and lifelong | 22 | | supporter of Camp Drake; in 2008, in honor of his father, | 23 | | Harold Nogle, he commissioned the design and construction of | 24 | | the Camp Drake Shooting Sports Range; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Nogle is survived by his wife of 30 years, | 2 | | Diana; his sister, Marianne Wilson; his children, James Nogle | 3 | | (Gayle), Charles J. "Jud" Nogle (Ann), John Nogle (Diane), and | 4 | | Ellen Nogle Proffit (Matthew); his grandchildren, Joel, Jeff, | 5 | | Olivia, and Ainsley; his great-grandchildren, Liam and Emma; | 6 | | his stepchildren, Stephanie and Joshua; his | 7 | | step-grandchildren, Chelsea, Sheldon, Brennan, Arianna, Arwen, | 8 | | and Janie; and his stepgreat-granddaugher, Sophia; therefore, | 9 | | be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Charles H. "Charlie" Nogle and extend our sincere condolences | 13 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 14 | | it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Charlie Nogle as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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