Bill Text: IL SR2451 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Wayne N. "Buck" Meyer of Tuscola.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR2451 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2451-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Wayne N. "Buck" Meyer of Tuscola, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on October 24, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Wayne Meyer was born on January 16, 1931 in | ||||||
6 | Tuscola; his parents were Everett W. and Florentine R. Cler | ||||||
7 | Meyer; he married Margaret L. Utterback on August 21, 1954 in | ||||||
8 | Tuscola; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Wayne Meyer graduated from Phinney Grade School in | ||||||
10 | 1945 and was a 1949 graduate of Tuscola Community High School, | ||||||
11 | where he was homecoming king, football MVP, and honorable | ||||||
12 | mention All-State fullback in his senior year; he is the school | ||||||
13 | record holder for the 200-yard low hurdles and his class won | ||||||
14 | conference championships in football, basketball, and track in | ||||||
15 | his senior year; in 2010, he was honored as an inductee into | ||||||
16 | the Tuscola High School Hall of Fame for his contributions to | ||||||
17 | agriculture; in 1953, he graduated from the University of | ||||||
18 | Illinois with high honors and earned a Bachelor of Science in | ||||||
19 | agronomy; he also lettered in wrestling with the 1952-1953 | ||||||
20 | team; and
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21 | WHEREAS, In 1953, Wayne Meyer was commissioned as a Second | ||||||
22 | Lieutenant in the United States Air Force after four years in |
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1 | the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at the | ||||||
2 | University of Illinois; he served active duty from 1954 to 1956 | ||||||
3 | as an Air Police security officer at England Air Force Base in | ||||||
4 | Alexandria, Louisiana, earning the rank of First Lieutenant; | ||||||
5 | from 1963 to 1965, he served in the Air Force Reserve Recovery | ||||||
6 | Squad as a security officer in Decatur, earning the rank of | ||||||
7 | Captain; in 1956, he and his wife returned to Douglas County to | ||||||
8 | raise their growing family and farm for 40 years until his | ||||||
9 | retirement in 1996; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Wayne Meyer was a member of the Douglas County | ||||||
11 | Soil and Water Conservation District for 17 years and served as | ||||||
12 | chairman for nine years; while on the Soil and Water | ||||||
13 | Conservation District, he along with other directors defeated | ||||||
14 | the Scattering Fork PL566 Project and testified twice before a | ||||||
15 | congressional hearing committee in Washington, D.C. against | ||||||
16 | the proposed Lincoln Reservoir on the Embarras River which | ||||||
17 | would have had detrimental effects on drainage in Douglas | ||||||
18 | County; the Reservoir project was finally de-authorized after | ||||||
19 | 10 years of battle waged by many farm organizations in the city | ||||||
20 | of Tuscola and Douglas County; in 1977, his family was named | ||||||
21 | the Illinois Conservation Farm Family of the Year; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Wayne Meyer served on the Douglas County Extension | ||||||
23 | Service; he served on the Douglas County Board for one term; he | ||||||
24 | was a member of Forty Martyrs Catholic Church; he served as |
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1 | commander of Tuscola American Legion Post 27 and the Douglas | ||||||
2 | County Farm Bureau; he served as director of the District 12 | ||||||
3 | Illinois Corn Marketing Board for eight years, where he held | ||||||
4 | various offices and attended United States Feed Grain Council | ||||||
5 | conventions; these offices took him to Russia, Hungary, and | ||||||
6 | Austria on goodwill missions to exchange and share ideas for | ||||||
7 | crop production and exportation; he was also handpicked to | ||||||
8 | serve as an agricultural adviser to the late United States | ||||||
9 | Representative, Tom Ewing; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Wayne Meyer was an agronomist at heart and loved | ||||||
11 | to grow things, especially in the soil of central Illinois; he | ||||||
12 | had a love for animals which seemed to migrate to him | ||||||
13 | naturally; he was a die-hard Tuscola Warrior and Fighting | ||||||
14 | Illini fan and was an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Wayne Meyer was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
16 | Margaret; his parents; his brothers, Everett, Jr., Clarence, | ||||||
17 | and Tom Meyer; his sister, Wanda Helm; and his grandson, Andy | ||||||
18 | McGillen; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Wayne Meyer is survived by his children, Mike | ||||||
20 | (Connie) Meyer, Jean Kahn, Jim Meyer, Anna (Kent) McGillen, Dan | ||||||
21 | (Dena) Meyer, and Jaci Manzella; his grandchildren, Lauren | ||||||
22 | Meyer, Clayton Meyer, Natalie Kahn, Kellie Kahn, Kate Blahnik, | ||||||
23 | Jennifer Meyer, Christina Meyer, Whitney (Brady) Fennel, David |
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1 | Meyer, Philip Meyer, Maria Meyer, and Lidia Manzella; and his | ||||||
2 | great-grandson, Liam Fennel; therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
5 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Wayne N. "Buck" Meyer; | ||||||
6 | and be it further
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7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to the family of Wayne Meyer as an expression of our | ||||||
9 | sympathy.
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