Full Text of SR0629 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of William F. "Bill" Meier of | 4 | | Jacksonville, who passed away on November 9, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bill Meier was born to Francis "Frankie" and | 6 | | Emaline Collins Meier on September 2, 1949; he grew up in | 7 | | Bethel; after his mother passed when he was a young boy, he and | 8 | | his father continued to live above the small general store in | 9 | | Bethel, and he spent most of his time helping his dad operate | 10 | | the store when he was not playing a multitude of sports; he was | 11 | | a star athlete at Concord Triopia High School, where he broke | 12 | | several records; he played football briefly at Culver-Stockton | 13 | | College before joining the U.S. Air Force in 1968; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bill Meier returned from service and worked at | 15 | | the FS plant in Bluffs; he then worked as a salesman and | 16 | | eventually as sales manager at Ray Green Chevrolet for many | 17 | | years; he won several sales awards before he and two partners | 18 | | opened their own car business, Prairieland Motors; he was | 19 | | elected as a Morgan County Commissioner in 2004 and was | 20 | | serving his third term at the time of his death; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Bill Meier was active in community service; he | 22 | | was a member of the Elks Club and a past member of the Moose, |
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| 1 | | where he served as state organist for several years; he | 2 | | belonged to the Jacksonville Country Club and the Franklin | 3 | | Outing Club, where he served on the board for many years; he | 4 | | helped develop the West Morgan County Water Corporation; he | 5 | | was a member of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, the | 6 | | Jacksonville Kiwanis, and Franklin American Legion Post #308; | 7 | | and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Bill Meier was baptized and confirmed in the | 9 | | Lutheran faith; he transferred to Durbin Methodist Church when | 10 | | he married Joena; he was an active member and served in many | 11 | | ways, including enthusiastically playing the organ for the | 12 | | congregation at Durbin over the past 40 years; he loved music, | 13 | | particularly Southern Gospel and pop classics; he began | 14 | | playing in church as a young boy and never turned down a | 15 | | request to play the piano at celebrations or social events | 16 | | over the years; he also enjoyed using his boundless | 17 | | personality on the stage, performing in the Passavant Follies | 18 | | and Jacksonville Theater Guild productions and in countless | 19 | | other venues in the area; he loved his family, traveling, and | 20 | | entertaining and rarely failed to bring a smile to the faces of | 21 | | those around him; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Bill Meier was preceded in death by his parents; | 23 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Bill Meier is survived by his wife of 42 years, | 2 | | Joena (Smith); his children, Liza Meier (Dimitri Rologis), | 3 | | William "Billy" (Jurga) Meier Jr., JB (Anne) Meier, and Alex | 4 | | (Chloe) Meier; and his grandchildren, Kenna Meier, Jace Meier, | 5 | | Phillip Rologis, and Aris Rologis; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | William F. "Bill" Meier and extend our sincere condolences to | 9 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Bill Meier as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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