Full Text of SR1454 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 Rudolph "Rudy" J. Papa, who passed away | 4 | | on August 28, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rudolph Papa was born on September 1, 1936 in | 6 | | Madison; his parents were John and Helen (nee Zarr) Papa; he | 7 | | married Jacqueline Kintzele on September 14, 1957; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Rudolph Papa worked at the Bethalto School | 9 | | District for 33 years and it was important to him to be known | 10 | | as an educator; he loved each and every one of his students and | 11 | | could remember their names long after they left his classroom; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rudolph Papa served the Village of Bethalto as a | 14 | | board member for 12 years; he was elected to the Madison County | 15 | | Board in 1982 and served until he retired from public office in | 16 | | 2001; he was elected by his fellow board members to serve as | 17 | | county board chairman in 1996; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Rudolph Papa was a member of Our Lady Queen of | 19 | | Peace Catholic Church; he was a member of the Knights of | 20 | | Columbus, where he was a 3rd Degree Knight and had been a past | 21 | | Grand Knight; he was also a member of the Illinois Education |
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| 1 | | Association and the National Education Association; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Rudolph Papa served on the State of Illinois | 3 | | Community College Board; he was the curator of the Bethalto | 4 | | Museum; he served as Wood River Township Highway Commissioner | 5 | | and as a precinct committeeman; he also served as a baseball | 6 | | coach; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Rudolph Papa enjoyed history, golf, playing his | 8 | | harmonica, his swimming pool, walking his dog, flowers, | 9 | | butterflies, all local sports, music, dancing, and spending | 10 | | time with his grandbabies and granddogs; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Rudolph Papa was preceded in death by his parents | 12 | | and 5 brothers, Bob, George, Frank, Bill, and Joe; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rudolph Papa is survived by his wife, Jacqueline; | 14 | | 5 daughters and their spouses, Diana Williams, Jill (Brad) | 15 | | Sauls, JoEllyn (Kent) Patterson, Beth Papa, and Mary (Oscar | 16 | | Nuncio) Papa; 7 grandchildren and their spouses, Ashley (Eric) | 17 | | Anderson, Paige Williams, Jim and Joe Sauls, Ben and Andrew | 18 | | Patterson, and Bailee Tanney; 2 brothers and their spouses, | 19 | | John (Louise) Papa and Larry (Sue) Papa; and many nieces and | 20 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 2 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Rudolph "Rudy" J. | 3 | | Papa; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Rudolph Papa as an expression of our | 6 | | sympathy.
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