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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of David
4Stover, who passed away on April 2, 2023; and
 
5    WHEREAS, David Stover was born to Rosalee Stover and Dan
6Stover in Centralia on November 12, 1946; he earned his Master
7of Science in Rehabilitation Administration and Counseling
8from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; he married
9Janet Dhom on August 28, 1977; and
 
10    WHEREAS, David Stover was named executive director of the
11Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (IARF) on
12November 5, 1975, which was founded to assist in the
13development and improvement of services to Illinois
14rehabilitation facilities and the clients and patients of
15those facilities through study, experimentation, and an
16exchange of experiences; under his leadership, IARF grew to
17the largest statewide organization of
18intellectual/developmental disability providers in the State
19of Illinois; during his tenure, the organization advanced the
20missions of not-for-profit disability providers throughout
21Illinois through advocacy to the government of Illinois; and
 
22    WHEREAS, David Stover was named manager of the newly

 

 

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1formed American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association
2(AMRPA) in 1997, which was founded to provide legislative and
3regulatory advocacy, policy development, educational
4resources, and technical assistance and to advance the
5interests of the medical rehabilitation providers community
6overall; and
 
7    WHEREAS, David Stover founded the association management
8company Futures in Rehabilitation Management (FIRM); over the
9next several years, his firm successfully managed the
10operations of several national and Illinois-based
11associations, including IARF, AMRPA, the Academy of Spinal
12Cord Injury Professionals (ASCIP), the Illinois Society of
13Association Executives (ISAE), the American Society of Trial
14Consultants (ASTC), the Association of Veterinary Technician
15Educators (AVTE), the Illinois State Dental Foundation (ISDF),
16and the Illinois Society of Association Executives (ISAE; and
 
17    WHEREAS, David Stover was involved in many organizations
18throughout his community; he and a committed team of leaders
19were instrumental in bringing the National High School Rodeo
20Finals to Springfield for the first time in 2000, which
21subsequently returned to Springfield in 2001, 2006, and 2007;
22he cofounded the Round Prairie Co-op in 2008, a not-for-profit
23organization committed to building a water supply and
24distribution system, which has provided water services to over

 

 

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1300 residences in central Illinois; he also served as
2secretary of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois' Board
3of Directors for several years until 2011; and
 
4    WHEREAS, David and Janet Stover, through their marriage
5and partnership, were responsible for significant
6contributions to not-for-profit social service organizations
7in Illinois and throughout the country; they also established
8the David and Janet Stover Scholarship with Southern Illinois
9University at Carbondale in 1994 to recognize and support an
10outstanding graduate student with motivation and concern to
11work for improvements in services for persons with
12disabilities, with their scholarship having been awarded to 50
13students since its establishment; and
 
14    WHEREAS, David Stover designed his partially underground
15home, where he and his wife resided for 32 years, which was
16featured in an episode on Home & Garden TV (HGTV) in 2005; and
 
17    WHEREAS, David Stover was preceded in death by his parents
18and his brother, Donny; and
 
19    WHEREAS, David Stover is survived by his wife; his
20daughters, Amy (Michael) Cheatham and Charlene (Mike) Walsh;
21his grandson, Noah; his brother, Danny (Linda) Stover; his
22sister-in-law, Jan Stover; his nephews, Brennan, Dannon, Zach,

 

 

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1and Gabe; and his friend and first wife, Susan (Richard)
2Morris; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5we mourn the passing of David Stover and extend our sincere
6condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
7him; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of David Stover as an expression of our
10deepest sympathy.