Bill Text: IL HR0287 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the passing of David Stover.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0287 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0287-Introduced.html

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

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

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

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