DAVID J. VAN MEER

I was part of the gang that would crash Dave's apartment on Friday or Saturday game nights from 1988 to 1990 ish. Some of the best times I've had just hanging out with friends then or since were at Dave's place. I moved away and did not keep in touch. More's the pity for me - Dave's hospitality, creativity, and heart have influenced me more than I realized at the time. I wish now that I'd thought to look him up sooner. I would have loved to check back in and chat; his stories were amazing....

Being a coworker with David at the MV Library my favorite memories are when he dressed as Santa and read The
Night Before Christmas to a packed house of children and parents. He started letting his beard grow months before the event and was wonderfully expressive.

My cousin Dave always will hold a special place in my heart. My favorite memory of him is as a freckled- faced little boy with a "Leave it to Beaver" haircut, who loved peanut and jelly sandwiches with Shasta-Up. Then, as throughout his time life, he had a gracious spirit an open mind and a showed a great kindness toward all God's creatures, great and small. What a gift to have had him in our lives. Bon Voyage, Dave. Betsy

Dave was an amazing person...I was privileged to have had parts in some of his plays. He had such fun writing them, and they were a joy to do. He was funny, smart, kind, sensitive, a very dear man, and he will be deeply missed. I am so glad I knew him....

So sorry to hear about Dave's passing.I went to Skagit Valley College with Dave after he got out of the Air Force and lived in the same apartment building.He was a good friend to Glenn Anderson and mourned his death in 1976.I enjoyed Dave's humor.He loved his albums of old radio shows.RIP Dave and I know you have them laughing up there.