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Eric Ratzel

Providence, RI
June 2, 1986 - March 8, 2024
Jun 2, 1986 - Mar 8, 2024
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Wanted to share some loose de…
Wanted to share some loose details for Eric’s upcoming celebration of life. Bring your picnic blankets, instruments, and dancing shoes as we honor Eric. Please let us know if you plan on attending with RSVP on the memorial website.
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Origami found in the woods.
2024, Temple to Music, F C Greene Memorial Boulevard, Providence, RI, USA
Origami found in the woods.
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2024, Temple to Music, F C Greene Memorial Boulevard, Providence, RI, USA
Marsha, James, Jef, and Ariella at the Temple ❤️
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Remembering Eric over ‘Ganset…
Remembering Eric over ‘Gansetts @ The Point
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Temple to Music, F C Greene Memorial Boulevard, Providence, RI, USA
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So much love for Eric today
Temple to Music, F C Greene Memorial Boulevard, Providence, RI, USA
So much love for Eric today
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Lori Sloper
June 9, 2024, 5:47 p.m. EDT
2018, Providence, RI, USA
I met Eric in the kitchen of our office.  I had seen him around the office before but we never spoke.  I thought he seemed every intelligent but not friendly and  very serious.  After meeting him , he came to lunch with our group several times after that.  I saw a completely different person than who I thought he was.  He was so funny,  warm,  caring,  humble, and incredibly friendly! He loved his family so  much and prioritized them over anything else.  We became good work friends and I really enjoyed getting to know him.  It was a privilege to be his friend and I'll never forget him.  He made a lasting impression on my life.  
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Though I knew Eric in high school, we became close friends while studying philosophy and playing music together in college. Since then we kept in consistent touch and would always meet up once or twice a year, even across hundreds or thousands of miles. Eric was simply an exemplary, inimitable human being – I have never known a more original thinker, a closer reader, a sharper writer, a more disciplined musician, or a finer friend. There will never be anyone else remotely like him. Sending my heartfelt condolences to his family; may his memory forever be a blessing to all whose lives he touched. 
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Wrecking Crew
2007, Galesburg, IL, USA
Wrecking Crew
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Fast friends with strangers
2007, Elmhurst, IL, USA
Fast friends with strangers
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Jazz Field Trip
2007, Elmhurst, IL, USA
Jazz Field Trip
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Combo Rehearsal
2006, Galesburg, IL, USA
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Eric Fonzarelli
2010, Chicago, IL, USA
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Eric and Christopher taking a…
2010, Chicago, IL, USA
Eric and Christopher taking a selfie before a White Sox game.
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2010, Chicago, IL, USA
Eric and the UChicago squad after a White Sox game.
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2010, Chicago, IL, USA
Eric chatting with peers in his grad school program at a barbecue on a beautiful spring day on University of Chicago's campus.
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At Jimmy's (Woodlawn Tap) in …
2009, Chicago, IL, USA
At Jimmy's (Woodlawn Tap) in Hyde Park, just before Christmas.
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Eric threw a lotta signs and …
2009, Chicago, IL, USA
Eric threw a lotta signs and flossed a tooth every hundred yards we'd walk to the library every morning. Seen here signaling imminent departure.
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Eric in the midst of his morn…
2009, Chicago, IL, USA
Eric in the midst of his morning routine during grad school.
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2010, Chicago, IL, USA
Eric forming an impromptu drum circle in his apartment in Hyde Park. — with Sean Carmichael
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Eric after a White Sox game.
2010, Chicago, IL, USA
Eric after a White Sox game. — with Sean Carmichael
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Eric being Eric in his apartm…
2009, Chicago, IL, USA
Eric being Eric in his apartment in Hyde Park.
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