HR0708 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Heit family on their farm, the Heirdom Stock Farm in Douglas County, being named a Sesquicentennial Farm in 2007 by the Illinois Department of Agriculture; and

WHEREAS, Hans Heit, Sr., also known as John Hoyt, was born in Erfde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on August 28, 1828, immigrated to the United States, and purchased the farm known as Heirdom Stock Farm on October 6, 1857; it is located in Section 10, Garrett Township, Douglas County; Hans Heit, Sr. and his wife, Maria Thomsen Heit, owned the farm until his death on April 22, 1897; and

WHEREAS, Hans Heit, Jr., son of Hans Heit, Sr., was born on the farm on November 16, 1877; he and his wife, Dorathea Ritz Heit, owned the farm until his death on October 24, 1950; and

WHEREAS, Orval Christoph Heit, son of Hans Heit, Jr., was born on the farm on June 8, 1902; he and his wife, Leola Frahm Heit, owned the farm until his death on March 16, 1974; and

WHEREAS, Lyle Dean Heit, son of Orval Christoph Heit, was born on the farm on November 19, 1934; he and his wife, Patricia Fisher Heit, currently own the farm; their daughter, Crystal Heit Willoughby and her husband, Norman E. Willoughby, and their sons, William Wade Willoughby and Michael Christoff Willoughby, also live on the farm; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the Heit family and wish them continued success on the Sesquicentennial Heirdom Stock Farm; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Heit family as a symbol of our respect and admiration.