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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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