Funeral Services with full military honors were held on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:00 AM in Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel for Alan Wesley Trapp, age 80, in his home town of Springfield, Missouri. Burial will follow in Hazelwood Cemetery. He was predeceased by his parents, Mildred Rozelle York-Trapp and Wesley Emory Trapp, who were the original owners of the College Inn. Alan graduated from Springfield Senior High School (Central). Alan joined the United States Naval Reserves in September 1949 as a Seaman Radioman. In June 1951 he was Honorably Discharged. He earned the United Nations Service Medal, the Korean Service Ribbon with One Star, the China Service Ribbon, and the National Defense Service Medal. He received his Bachelor of Arts and completed his Shakespearian Master's Program in 1961. Alan had several activities he absolutely loved: Tennis, playing chess with a worthy opponent, dancing instructor for the Arthur Murray Studios, caring for his beloved Bonsai trees, working with his computer and I-Pad and he loved books of any type. His married his wife, Huguette, in January 1960. He taught at Kemper Boys Academy, SMS, Evansville College, Evansville, Indiana, and at the Missouri State Prison System and Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. Alan and Huguette retired to Springfield after teaching for 37 years. Alan's beloved wife passed away in September 2011. The family wishes to thank the St. John's/Mercy Hospice Group for their Medical services to both. Alan is survived by his step-daughter, Nicole Zangrilli, four step-granddaughters and their husbands: Tania and Jerald Thomas, Teresa and Todd Hawes, Kimberly and John (Jay) Watts, and Katherine and Jacob Leatherman, 8 step-great grandchildren: Christopher, Taylor, Matthew, Trenton, Talle, Tera, Alexander, and Zane, and his cousins Nancy Moyer and Gary Kootz. Donations to local animal shelters, Hospice, or St. Jude's were suggested.