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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Jeffrey Ritsert of Oak Park, who passed 
4away on August 24, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert was born in Oak Park to Larry 
6Ritsert and Elaine Pierce on May 9, 1992; he graduated from 
7Grace Lutheran School in River Forest in 2006 and demonstrated 
8an amazing aptitude for door-to-door sales during the annual 
9Cub Scout popcorn drives; he graduated from Oak Park and River 
10Forest High School in Oak Park in 2010, where he excelled in 
11musical theater; he sang with the Madrigal Choir of Grace 
12Episcopal Church in Oak Park, and loved the music and friends 
13he made there; he attended Knox College in Galesburg; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert and some of the good friends he 
15made at Knox College moved to Redmond, Washington in 2014 to 
16share a home; he and his friends produced a monthly podcast on 
17gaming and were selected to present at the 2017 Emerald City 
18Comic Con in Seattle, Washington; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert worked as a waiter at a British 
20pub and took classes at Bellevue College in Washington; his 
21family, friends, and co-workers, in both Oak Park and Redmond, 
22affectionately endured his cheerful, never-ending, atrociously 
 
 
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1unsuccessful quest to perfect an English accent throughout his 
2years; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert was full of laughter and kindness; 
4he was smart and funny and eager for any adventure; his friends 
5and loved ones are grateful for the wonderful memories they 
6have of him; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert truly changed the lives of those 
8who knew him with the kindness that flowed from his gentle 
9heart; and
 

  
10    WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert is survived by his parents and his 
11sister, Trinity Pierce; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
14Jeffrey Ritsert, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
15family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
16further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to  the family of  Jeffrey Ritsert as an expression of 
19our deepest sympathy.