Full Text of HR1005 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dale | 4 | | Hecox of St. Charles; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dale Hecox was born in Clarion, Iowa to Paul and | 6 | | Golda Hecox on September 28, 1931; he
attended the University | 7 | | of Iowa and served his country proudly in the U.S. Army Counter
| 8 | | Intelligence Corps in Japan; he married Sondra Hecox on June 7, | 9 | | 1956; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dale Hecox and Sondra moved to Oak Park, where he | 11 | | worked for Price Waterhouse; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dale Hecox and Sondra then moved to Elmhurst, | 13 | | where they raised their family and where Dale was active in PTA
| 14 | | events and with the Crescent Park Christmas Tree Land; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Dale Hecox first worked for Alwry Engineering, | 16 | | before moving to Dean Foods Company as Controller,
Vice | 17 | | President, and Treasurer, becoming a key member of the senior | 18 | | executive team that grew
Dean Foods from a mid-sized regional | 19 | | dairy company in the late 1960s to a leading national dairy and
| 20 | | specialty foods manufacturer in 2000, when he retired; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1988, Dale Hecox and Sondra finally settled in | 2 | | St. Charles, where Dale continued his work with
Dean Foods; he | 3 | | was universally respected and adored at all levels of the | 4 | | organization from
CEOs to the office custodians; his career at | 5 | | Dean Foods was a source of great pride to him and
he treasured | 6 | | his time, his friends, and his tenure there; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Dale Hecox and Sondra worked tirelessly for the | 8 | | Republican Party, canvassing many precincts; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In 2004, Dale Hecox and Sondra were awarded | 10 | | President George W. Bush's Crystal Award for their
volunteer | 11 | | efforts in Kane County; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In Dale Hecox In 2012, Dale and Sondra were | 13 | | honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kane
County | 14 | | Republican Party; their enthusiasm engaged everyone they knew; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dale Hecox was preceded in death by his beloved | 17 | | wife, Sondra in 2016; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dale Hecox is survived by his daughters, Sharon | 19 | | Grether and Susan Sherman; his
granddaughter, Zenobia Avalon; | 20 | | and his grandsons, Maximilian, Alexander, and Samuel; | 21 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | mourn the passing of Dale Hecox, and extend our sincere | 4 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 5 | | him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Dale Hecox as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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