Full Text of SR1072 100th 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 Jeffrey Ritsert of Oak Park, who passed | 4 | | away on August 24, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert was born in Oak Park to Larry | 6 | | Ritsert and Elaine Pierce on May 9, 1992; he graduated from | 7 | | Grace Lutheran School in River Forest in 2006 and demonstrated | 8 | | an amazing aptitude for door-to-door sales during the annual | 9 | | Cub Scout popcorn drives; he graduated from Oak Park and River | 10 | | Forest High School in Oak Park in 2010, where he excelled in | 11 | | musical theater; he sang with the Madrigal Choir of Grace | 12 | | Episcopal Church in Oak Park, and loved the music and friends | 13 | | he made there; he attended Knox College in Galesburg; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert and some of the good friends he | 15 | | made at Knox College moved to Redmond, Washington in 2014 to | 16 | | share a home; he and his friends produced a monthly podcast on | 17 | | gaming and were selected to present at the 2017 Emerald City | 18 | | Comic Con in Seattle, Washington; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert worked as a waiter at a British | 20 | | pub and took classes at Bellevue College in Washington; his | 21 | | family, friends, and co-workers, in both Oak Park and Redmond, | 22 | | affectionately endured his cheerful, never-ending, atrociously |
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| 1 | | unsuccessful quest to perfect an English accent throughout his | 2 | | years; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert was full of laughter and kindness; | 4 | | he was smart and funny and eager for any adventure; his friends | 5 | | and loved ones are grateful for the wonderful memories they | 6 | | have of him; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert truly changed the lives of those | 8 | | who knew him with the kindness that flowed from his gentle | 9 | | heart; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert is survived by his parents and his | 11 | | sister, Trinity Pierce; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Jeffrey Ritsert, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Jeffrey Ritsert as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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