SR1573 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SR1573 LRB101 22212 ECR 73242 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Wayne Newton Hecht of Savoy, who passed away on August 25, 2020; and

WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht was born to Grace and Alvah Hecht in Kearney, Nebraska on November 23, 1929; he graduated from York High School in 1948; he married Jeretta Catherine Leu at the United Lutheran Church in York, Nebraska on February 4, 1951; after serving in the Army Counterintelligence Corps during the Korean War, he attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln; and

WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht accepted the position of assistant director at the newly constructed Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois in 1963; he retired as director of the Assembly Hall in 1993; and

WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht was a charter member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Champaign; and

WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht was preceded in death by his parents and his two brothers, Dean and Boyd Hecht; and

WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht is survived by his wife; his son, Bruce Matthew (Mary Ann) Hecht; his daughter, Laura Jane (Robert) Young; his granddaughter, Lisa (John) Bertetto; his great-grandsons, John Victor and Leo Bruce; and his brother, Ross Hecht; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Wayne Newton Hecht 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 Wayne Hecht as an expression of our deepest sympathy.