Greater Louisville Sigma Chi Alumni Chapter

03/24/2025

Brothers & Alumni: Great times during our March 2025 monthly lunchone, as we heard from fellow brother and Significant Sig Patrick Armstrong-Pres/CEO of the Kentucky Derby Museum!

Great hearing how KDM & crew navigated the unprecedented demands brought on by the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic, to the ever expanded construction brought on by Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY!

As 2025 marks KDM's 40th Anniversary, or Ruby anniversary, it was great to hear all KDM & Brother Patrick have in store for 2025 & beyond!

IHSV,

Kirt Jacobs

09/26/2024

***PLEASE READ-ALL HONOR TO HIS NAME-PLEASE READ***

Brothers & Alumni:

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our dear brother, Robert "Bob" Ford, to the Chapter Eternal!

Visitation will be held:

3:00pm - 8:00pm
Friday, September 27, 2024
Ratterman Brothers East Louisville
12900 Shelbyville Road
Louisville, KY 40243

Memorial Service will be held:

11:00am
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Chapel in the Woods
1407 Moser Rd
Louisville, KY 40299

Burial to follow at:
Cave Hill Cemetery
2395 Cave Hill Rd
Louisville, KY 40204

Memorial gifts can be sent by way of flowers to the family or a tree in memory of Robert "Bob." please visit our floral store.

Thus, if you are free and available this coming Saturday, September 28th, 2024, at 11 a.m., we would love to have you join other brothers for the WHITE ROSE CEREMONY.

Your presence will be a meaningful tribute to our beloved brother!

Please RSVP to Brother Jeremy Becker at [email protected] so we can plan to have enough White Roses for the ceremony!

ALL HONOR TO HIS NAME!

IHSV

View Robert Dever "Bob" Ford's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

09/18/2024

***PLEASE READ-ALL HONOR TO HIS NAME-PLEASE READ***

Brothers & Alumni:

Saddened to announce we have lost a good man & an even better brother!

Visitation will be held:
Saturday, September 21, 2024
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Pearson’s Funeral Home
149 Breckenridge Lane
Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: (502) 896-0349

Memorial Service will be held:
Sunday, September 22, 2024
3 pm
Christ Church United Methodist
4614 Brownsboro Rd.
St Matthews, KY 40207
Phone: (502) 897-6421

Memorial gifts can be sent to Home of the Innocents, 100 E. Market Street, Louisville, KY 40206.

Thus, if you are free and available this coming Sunday, September 2024, @ 3 pm, we would love to have you join other brothers for the WHITE ROSE CEREMONY to honor our beloved brother!

Please RSVP if possible to secure enough White Roses to Brother Jeremy Becker at [email protected]

ALL HONOR TO HIS NAME!

IHSV,

https://www.courier-journal.com/obituaries/psbn0944131

09/16/2024

***PLEASE READ-ALL HONOR TO HIS NAME-PLEASE READ***

CALLING ALL BROTHERS AND ALUMNI FROM SIGMA CHI'S KY. PROVINCE:

The irreplaceable CLAUDE "SONNY" WHEELER TRAPP, but most knew him by CLAUDE TRAPP, passed on Saturday, August 31st, 2024, leading an impactful life by leaving this Earthly realm at 102!

No, that is NOT a typo!

Chances are, whether you knew it or not, Claude touched your undergraduate experience as a fellow Sigma Chi Fraternity brother in the last half of the 20th century!

If you don't know him yet, WELL, you get a one-word clue:

CONSTANTINE.

Thus, if you are free and available this coming Friday, September 20th, 2024, in Lexington, Kentucky, we would love to have you join other fellow brothers for the WHITE ROSE CEREMONY to honor our most esteemed and impactful brother!

The memorial details and a link to his obituary are below!

Memorial Service: Brother Claude Trapp, 1922-2024

Order of Constantine & Lambda Lambda’s Most Senior Alumnus

Friday 9/20/24 @ 1:00PM
Meadowthorpe Presbyterian Church
356 Hillsboro Ave
Lexington, KY 40511

*EX White Rose Ceremony included*

(followed by graveside internment at the Lexington Cemetery)

Funeral Director: Milward's (859-252-3411)

Claude's family encourages those wishing to honor his storied EX legacy to consider making a gift to the Sigma Chi Foundation's "Lambda Lambda Bell Chapter Challenge Fund #3585, either by check (Sigma Chi Foundation, 1714 Hinman Ave, Evanston, IL 60201) or online at https://sigmachi.org/foundation/?form=BCC&designationId=ECW6QV5L.

Envelopes will also be available at the memorial service, and a QR Code associated with the above URL will be displayed.

(*) If planning to attend in person, please arrive at least 15 minutes early to retrieve a white rose and a copy of the ceremony in order to participate in that portion of the service.

Also, please notify Keith Knapp ([email protected] ) that you plan to attend so we can gather enough white roses in plenty of time!

ALL HONOR TO HIS NAME!

IHSV,

https://www.milwardfuneral.com/obituaries/Claude-Sonny-Wheeler-Trapp?obId=33069849

07/17/2023

Brothers & Greater Louisville Sigma Chi Alumni Chapter!

Great times on the evening of Friday, June 16th, 2023-when we held a special gathering to bestow upon Brother & 63rd KY. Governor Andy Beshear 1 of our fraternity's biggest awards & distinctions, the "Significant Sig" Award, presented by Grand Consul Tim Sanderson.

IHSV!

07/17/2023

06/26/2023

Brothers & Alumni:

A special evening was held June 16th, 2023, at the Hurstbourne Country Club to recognize the 63rd Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a 2023 Significant Sigma Chi Award recipient-brother Andy G. Beshear (Vandy '00)

The event was also attended by the 72nd Grand Consul of Sigma Chi, Brother Tim Sanderson (Western 'Ontario)

Please take a look at the press release below.

https://sigmachi.org/kentucky-gov-beshear-presented-with-significant-sig-award/

MANY, MANY more pics to follow, so stay tuned!

IHSV,
Kirt Jacobs

JUNE 16, 2023 | HURTSBOURNE, KENTUCKY — Sigma Chi International Fraternity 72nd Grand Consul (International President) Tim Sanderson, WESTERN 1985, presented Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, VANDERBILT 2000, with the 2023 Significant Sig Award during a reception hosted by the Louisville Alumni Chapter ...

05/30/2023

Brother Russell T. Kimberling
Iota Lambda/University of Louisville 1997
CHAPTER ETERNAL

Brothers,

With a heavy heart, we bring you the news that Brother Russ Kimberling, age 52, entered Chapter Eternal on May 23, 2023.

He will always be remembered as a great friend to the many brothers that he crossed paths with and was a loyal Brother of Sigma Chi.

He was the Iota Lambda Chapter Consul during the 1996-1997 school year.

He was also a veteran who served in the US Military and did much more throughout his life.

Please click the link below to read his full obituary.
https://www.lmgfuneralhomeeast.com/obituaries/russel-kimberling

Services will be Tuesday, May 30, 2023
10:00 am- Noon Visitation
12 pm- Memorial Service

Louisville Memorial Gardens East
11601 Ballardsville Road
Louisville, KY 40241

Immediately following the memorial service, the procession will travel to Kentucky Veterans Cemetery for a Veterans Honor Tribute at 2:30 pm.

2501 N Dixie Blvd
Radcliff, KY 40160
Travel time is 1 hour each way.

This is private for family and friends.

Please call or text Scott Kimberling at 502-797-3376 if you want to attend or have questions.

All Honor To His Name

Greater Louisville Sigma Chi Alumni Chapter

01/09/2023

Brothers & Alumni:

As we opted for a post- Christmas Alumni get-together, fun times were had by all when we had to, LAST MINUTE, switch venues due to a pipe bursting at our usual landing spot of Hurstbourne Country Club!

Hope all have a wonderful 2023!

IHSV,

Michael Ritchey