Oswald D. Heck
Oswald David HeckSpeaker of the New York State Assembly, and he was the last Speaker from Upstate New York.
Life
He was born on February 13, 1902, in Schenectady, New York. In 1933, he married Beulah W. Slocum.
He was a member of the
Speaker
from 1937 until his death in 1959.
He was a delegate to the 1944, 1948, 1952 and 1956 Republican National Conventions.
He died on May 21, 1959, in
Vale Cemetery
there.
His 21-year-old son Peter Heck died on July 17, 1960, in Glens Falls Hospital, in Glens Falls, New York, after a car accident.[2]
His daughter Penelope Heck Crannell died February 3, 1979, at St. Clares Hospital in Schenectady, NY of liver cancer.
References
- ^ The Garnet of Union College, Schenectady, New York. Vol. LXVIII. Albany, New York: Frank H. Evory & Co. 1922. p. 103.
- New York Timeson July 18, 1960 (subscription required)
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