Marc Kenneth Ritzman

Marc Kenneth Ritzmann, 58, of Roberta, GA, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 15, 2012. He was born in Chicago, IL on April 1, 1954 and grew up in South Bend, IN and Atlanta, GA.

Marc was a 1971 graduate of Marist High school. He attended Emory University where he earned Bachelors Degrees of Art in English and Philosophy; a Master’s Degree in Philosophy; and from 1978 – 1980 earned a Juris Doctor Degree in Law.
He was a First Honor Graduate. Articles Editor Emory Law Journal, Member Order of the Coif, Partner Emory Business School, and authored several articles dealing with international business transactions.

Marc was a kind and gentle person who God gifted with a tremendous intellect. He was a special character and everyone that knew him loved him and will definitely miss him. He used his gift of intelligence to graduate with the highest overall average in the 140 year history of Emory Law School in Atlanta and then became a senior partner of the law firm Kilpatrick & Cody where they put him in charge of their international legal practice.

He was very generous, had a great sense of humor and a quick wit. He loved his dogs, reading and playing his guitar. He was an excellent swimmer and he won second in state for the 100 yard breaststroke in 1964 in South Bend, IN.

While Marc experienced a great deal of material success at an early age, he struggled with addictions to drugs and alcohol all his life and was unable to overcome them. In March 2001, he suffered a hemorrhagic stroke and spent the last eleven years of his life in various nursing homes in Georgia.

Marc was predeceased by his parents, and is survived by his brother; Keith W. Ritzmann and wife Nancy of Oro Valley, AZ; Sister; Donna D. Satterlee Ritzmann and husband Mike of Atlanta, GA; Nephews; Andrew Marc Ritzmann and his wife, Denise of Lawrenceville, NJ; Kristopher Jacobs Ritzmann of Oro Valley, AZ and various cousins in Chicago, IL.

In lieu of flowers we ask that you donate money to or do community service for charities that help alcoholics, drug addicts and homeless people.

He will be cremated and a celebration of Marc’s life is being scheduled sometime in the spring of 2013.