November 9, 2022
Jack was a sweet and happy baby. He adored his sister and was very active as a toddler. He started Montessori daycare when he was 3 months old. He attended school in Wilmette Illinois until his sophomore year in high school when we moved to Chicago where he completed high school at Northside College Prep. He was an excellent student and enjoyed sports throughout his elementary and high school years. Primarily soccer in elementary school - wrestling and lacrosse in high school.
He attended college at the University of Illinois in Champaign Urbana. He joined a fraternity and found a sense of community there. Jack was always introverted so he did not share much with his family about his friends or his college life, but he seemed to enjoy that period of his life. Jack spent summers working in the financial industry in Chicago, his favorite job was when was a runner at the Chicago Board of Trade, it was very fast paced and he shared fun and interesting stories about his time there.
His major in college was actuarial science, and he worked part time in the actuarial department at State Farm while he attended college. His first job after college was with Deloitte as an actuary in Chicago. He worked very long hours, and although he sometimes said he enjoyed it, I think the isolation and long hours were very stressful for him. When he was 26 he ran a marathon and I was very proud of him. Later that year he left Deloitte and lived on his savings for the next several years. He seemed very depressed. When he depleted his savings he took a job at CNA. He really disliked that job and quit to become a bike courier.
Jack was always very introverted, but looking back we think his introversion was more a symptom of his depression than a personality trait. The last couple of years of his life he was extremely depressed, in part due to the isolation of COVID, but also because he felt more and more hopeless about his prospects in life. He never would get help, and by the end he was too isolated and depressed to make the effort.
I will miss Jack every day for the rest of my life, but I know Jack did want me to suffer. I will work on accepting his death in order to honor his life. I love you Jack.
He attended college at the University of Illinois in Champaign Urbana. He joined a fraternity and found a sense of community there. Jack was always introverted so he did not share much with his family about his friends or his college life, but he seemed to enjoy that period of his life. Jack spent summers working in the financial industry in Chicago, his favorite job was when was a runner at the Chicago Board of Trade, it was very fast paced and he shared fun and interesting stories about his time there.
His major in college was actuarial science, and he worked part time in the actuarial department at State Farm while he attended college. His first job after college was with Deloitte as an actuary in Chicago. He worked very long hours, and although he sometimes said he enjoyed it, I think the isolation and long hours were very stressful for him. When he was 26 he ran a marathon and I was very proud of him. Later that year he left Deloitte and lived on his savings for the next several years. He seemed very depressed. When he depleted his savings he took a job at CNA. He really disliked that job and quit to become a bike courier.
Jack was always very introverted, but looking back we think his introversion was more a symptom of his depression than a personality trait. The last couple of years of his life he was extremely depressed, in part due to the isolation of COVID, but also because he felt more and more hopeless about his prospects in life. He never would get help, and by the end he was too isolated and depressed to make the effort.
I will miss Jack every day for the rest of my life, but I know Jack did want me to suffer. I will work on accepting his death in order to honor his life. I love you Jack.