Bill Text: IL SR1573 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Wayne Newton Hecht.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1573 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1573-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 Newton Hecht of Savoy, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on August 25, 2020; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht was born to Grace and Alvah Hecht in | ||||||
6 | Kearney, Nebraska on November 23, 1929; he graduated from York | ||||||
7 | High School in 1948; he married Jeretta Catherine Leu at the | ||||||
8 | United Lutheran Church in York, Nebraska on February 4, 1951; | ||||||
9 | after serving in the Army Counterintelligence Corps during the | ||||||
10 | Korean War, he attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht accepted the position of assistant | ||||||
13 | director at the newly constructed Assembly Hall at the | ||||||
14 | University of Illinois in 1963; he retired as director of the | ||||||
15 | Assembly Hall in 1993; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht was a charter member of Good Shepherd | ||||||
17 | Lutheran Church in Champaign; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
19 | and his two brothers, Dean and Boyd Hecht; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht is survived by his wife; his son, |
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1 | Bruce Matthew (Mary Ann) Hecht; his daughter, Laura Jane | ||||||
2 | (Robert) Young; his granddaughter, Lisa (John) Bertetto; his | ||||||
3 | great-grandsons, John Victor and Leo Bruce; and his brother, | ||||||
4 | Ross Hecht; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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7 | Wayne Newton Hecht and extend our sincere
condolences to his | ||||||
8 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | ||||||
9 | further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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11 | presented to the family of Wayne Hecht as an expression of
our | ||||||
12 | deepest sympathy.
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