Services for Hyde start Thursday

Services for former U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde will begin with a wake from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at St. John Neumann Church, 2900 E. Main St. in St. Charles.

A funeral Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, also at St. John Neumann Church.

Patrick Durante, longtime aide and friend to Hyde, said the church was chosen for the wake in order to accommodate the large crowd expected to pay respects to the former congressman.

Services for Hyde, who died Wednesday at age 83, are expected to draw elected officials and dignitaries from Washington and across the country, as well as from throughout the 6th Congressional District, which he served for 32 years.