A memorial service will be Friday, April 13, at 4 p.m. in Memorial Chapel for Hedda Hainebach, of Niskayuna, N.Y..
Hainebach, longtime coordinator of the College’s language lab and an ardent supporter of the Union College Chamber Music Series, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007. She was 92.
She was born in 1914 in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Max and Dora Sternberg. She came to the U.S. in 1950 and was first married to Heinrich Wagner, an engineer with the General Electric Company, until his death in 1958. A year later, she married Hans Hainebach, professor of foreign languages at Union, until she was widowed in 1966. Soon after, she joined the College as coordinator of the language lab, a position she held until her retirement in 1989.
An aficionado of chamber music, she rarely missed a concert at Memorial Chapel, or an opportunity to promote the renowned series. She had an encyclopedic knowledge of the music, and she was a consummate hostess to the musicians, many of whom she had known for decades. She regularly traveled to concerts at the Marlboro (Vt.) Music Festival.
Survivors include her sister, Ewelyn Khittel; a niece, Andrea (Alexander) Zilberzsac; and a grandnephew, Robert; and a grandniece, Nicole, all of Austria.
Contributions may be made to the Hans and Hedda Hainebach Humanities and Arts Scholarship Fund, Office of Gift Planning, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308.