Full Text of SR0346 93rd General Assembly
SR0346 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the death of David W. Meister, Jr. of | 4 |
| Peoria on December 2, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Meister was born on October 9, 1923 in Chicago | 6 |
| to David W. Sr. and Lillian M. Kaufman Meister; he married Mary | 7 |
| M. MacFarlane on July 6, 1946 in Peoria; she preceded him in | 8 |
| death in 1974; he married Diana McElhiney on October 16, 1985, | 9 |
| in Peoria; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Meister received a bachelor's degree from | 11 |
| Bradley University, where he was class president, founded the | 12 |
| Bradley Invitational Speech Tournament, and was vice president | 13 |
| of the Alumni Association; he received Bradley's Distinguished | 14 |
| Service Award; and
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| WHEREAS, He taught speech at Bradley in 1947 and became | 16 |
| director of radio in 1948; he was advertising manager of the | 17 |
| Daily Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale from 1949 until | 18 |
| returning to Bradley in 1951 as publicity director and later as | 19 |
| director of public relations; he then was sales promotion | 20 |
| director of West Central Broadcasting Co.; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Meister was a World War II Army Air Force | 22 |
| Veteran; and
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| WHEREAS, He provided consulting services to insurance and | 24 |
| health-care organizations in Central Illinois since 1991; he | 25 |
| was founder and executive vice president of the Mid-State | 26 |
| Foundation for Medical Care Inc., founder and former president | 27 |
| of ComProCare Inc., and founder and former CEO of the Central | 28 |
| Illinois Medical Association; in addition, he served as | 29 |
| executive vice president of the Peoria Medical Society for 16 | 30 |
| years and of the Tazewell County and McLean County medical |
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| societies; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Meister served on the boards of several | 3 |
| corporations, including Meister Brothers Inc. and | 4 |
| Krantz-Meister Inc., where he was chairman, and Central Trane | 5 |
| Air Conditioning Co. Inc., where he was vice president; and
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| WHEREAS, He received many honors, including being named | 7 |
| "Medicine's Man of the Year" for Central Illinois in 1961; he | 8 |
| was active in numerous civic and community organizations and | 9 |
| served as president of the Visiting Nurse Association, | 10 |
| treasurer of Junior Achievement of Central Illinois Inc., and | 11 |
| chairman of the Peoria Civil Defense Advisory Council; he | 12 |
| served on the boards of the Central Illinois Chapter of the | 13 |
| American Red Cross, Peoria Area Hospital Council, and the | 14 |
| American Association of Medical Society Executives; he was | 15 |
| co-chairman of the Statewide Public Health Committee; he was | 16 |
| also a member of the Peoria Rotary Club and received numerous | 17 |
| professional and honorary memberships; he was an affiliate | 18 |
| member of the American Medical Association and was a fellow of | 19 |
| the Education and Research Foundation of the Illinois Medical | 20 |
| Society; in addition, he was a member of the Sheridan Road | 21 |
| Apostolic Christian Church; and
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| WHEREAS, David Meister's passing will be deeply felt by | 23 |
| many, especially his wife, Diana; his three sons, David "Skip" | 24 |
| (and Patricia) Meister III, Andrew Slotter, and Mark (and | 25 |
| Rebecca) Meister; three brothers, Edward (and Bernie), Walter | 26 |
| (and Jean), and Paul (and Rhoda); six grandchildren; five | 27 |
| great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by one brother and one | 29 |
| sister; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 31 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| David W. Meister Jr. along with all who knew and loved him and | 2 |
| extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and | 3 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to the family of David W. Meister Jr. as an | 6 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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