Bill Text: IL SR1072 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jeffrey Ritsert of Oak Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR1072 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1072-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 Jeffrey Ritsert of Oak Park, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on August 24, 2017; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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10 | WHEREAS, Jeffrey Ritsert is survived by his parents and his | ||||||
11 | sister, Trinity Pierce; therefore, be it
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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
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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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