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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Wayne Newton Hecht of Savoy, who passed 
4away on August 25, 2020; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht was born to Grace and Alvah Hecht in 
6Kearney, Nebraska on November 23, 1929;  he graduated from York 
7High School in 1948; he married Jeretta Catherine Leu at the 
8United Lutheran Church in York, Nebraska on February 4, 1951; 
9after serving in the Army Counterintelligence Corps during the 
10Korean War, he attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln;  
11and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht accepted the position of assistant 
13director at the newly constructed Assembly Hall at the 
14University of Illinois in 1963; he retired as director of the 
15Assembly Hall in 1993; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht was a charter member of Good Shepherd 
17Lutheran Church in Champaign; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht was preceded in death by his parents 
19and his two brothers, Dean and Boyd Hecht; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Wayne Hecht is survived by his wife; his son, 
 
 
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1Bruce Matthew (Mary Ann) Hecht; his daughter, Laura Jane 
2(Robert) Young; his granddaughter, Lisa (John) Bertetto; his 
3great-grandsons, John Victor and Leo Bruce; and his brother, 
4Ross Hecht; therefore, be it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

7Wayne Newton Hecht and extend our sincere
condolences to his 
8family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it 
9further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

11presented to the family of Wayne Hecht as an expression of
our 
12deepest sympathy.