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HOUSE RESOLUTION


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

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

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

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

 
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    WHEREAS, Lyle Dean Heit, son of Orval Christoph Heit, was 
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born on the farm on November 19, 1934; he and his wife, 
 


 






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Patricia Fisher Heit, currently own the farm; their daughter, 
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Crystal Heit Willoughby and her husband, Norman E. Willoughby, 
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and their sons, William Wade Willoughby and Michael Christoff 
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Willoughby,
also live on the farm; therefore, be it

 

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

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