Bill Text: IL SR0324 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ralf Seiffe of Wilmette.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-10-27 - Resolution Adopted [SR0324 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0324-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 17 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Warren | ||||||
| 18 | Seiffe; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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