RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Martyi Reinsdorf has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of 85; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of her passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Martyi is survived by her husband, Bulls and White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, and was the proud mother to her daughter, Susan, sons David (deceased), Michael (Nancy) and Jonathan (Holly), and was grandmother to nine; and
WHEREAS, Martyi was born in Denver, Colorado on March 4,1936 to Milton and Vivette (Ravel) Rifkin; and
WHEREAS, Martyi and her family moved to Chicago, IL in 1944 where she attended Sutherland Elementary School and Morgan Park High School before majoring in Japanese and Chinese History at George Washington University ("GW'); and
WHEREAS, She met Jerry at GW, and the couple were married in 1956; and
WHEREAS, She worked for the Defense Department at the Pentagon and later for the Department of Agriculture when the couple moved to Chicago; and
WHEREAS, An acclaimed fine arts creator of colorful Cloisonne jewelry, Martyi designed five ofthe six Bulls NBA Championship rings and designed the White Sox World Series championship ring in 2005; and
WHEREAS, Martyi created and distributed more than 1 million care packages including coloring books, crayons, markers and toys to hospitals, orphanages and shelters, including to survivors of Hurricane Katrina, residents of Ronald McDonald Houses, patients at Lurie Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago and Phoenix Children's Hospital and young vision-impaired patients at The Spectrios Institute for Low Vision; and
WHEREAS, Martyi and her husband supported many charities in Chicago, Phoenix, Israel and across the world; and
WHEREAS, She was a recipient of the 2004 Clarence Troyer Volunteer ofthe Year Award and was recognized in 2011 by American Friends of Hebrew University with the Torch of Learning Award; and
WHEREAS, To her beloved family, Martyi Reinsdorf imparts a legacy of faith...
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