Full Text of SR0324 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Ralf Seiffe of Wilmette, who passed away | 4 | | on September 1, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ralf Rockford Seiffe graduated from the | 6 | | University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976, and was initiated into | 7 | | the Sigma Chi Fraternity; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, His career began as a senior lending officer for | 9 | | the former Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company; in 1980, he and | 10 | | his brother, Roger, established Mail Sort, Inc., a mailing | 11 | | services company in the Chicago area; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He won the United States Postal Service Industry | 13 | | Excellence Award and, in 1989, marshaled the team that created | 14 | | ElectroCom Mail Systems; since 2002, he concentrated on | 15 | | developing private start-ups as an investor or as an early | 16 | | stage manager; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Warren | 18 | | Seiffe; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He was the husband of 28 years to Elizabeth Blatz, | 20 | | the father of Rhys and Reiker Seiffe, and is survived by his |
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| 1 | | mother, Joann Howells; and his brothers, Roger and Christopher | 2 | | Seiffe; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 | | his family and friends, the passing of Ralf Seiffe; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Ralf Seiffe as a symbol of our | 9 | | sincere sympathy.
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