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    Jeffrey D. Enyeart

    19 Mar 1960 - 27 Mar 2020

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    Jeffrey D. Enyeart, 60, of Chicago, Illinois, died early Friday morning, March 27, 2020, due to a motorcycle accident in Bisbee, Arizona. He was born March 19, 1960 in Wabash, Indiana to Terry Enyeart and Julie (Walter) Enyeart. He is survived by his three children, Jessica (Evan) Ronayne of Milwaukee, WI, Austin Enyeart of Phoenix, AZ, and Dylan Enyeart of Chicago, IL, his mother, Julie Enyeart ... more

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    27 Jul 2019

    Jessica Ronayne

    So many memories with Jeff, all of them great! Far too many to mention. I will always miss my friend, my brother. Heartfelt prayers to his family. Godspeed Jeff

    Dave Keim2 Apr 2020
    2 Apr 2020

    Dirk Smith

    Dylan, I’m so sorry for your and family loss. Please accept my deepest sympathies. Praying for you and your family. 🙏🏽

    Leticia Tischina2 Apr 2020

    Rest in Peace, Jeff. You were driven and had an amazing entrepreneurial spirit. You and Joy raised an amazing family. We are deeply saddened and you will be missed. Mark & Kathleen

    Mark Scholz2 Apr 2020

    As a frequent fellow traveler and accomplice of Jeff’s many adventures, travels, and hijinks, I will miss him. We first became friends in Mr. Bean’s science class in 8th grade (1974?). We were the last two students left who didn’t pick their ‘science buddies.’ In short, we became friends by default. ...

    Dirk Smith2 Apr 2020

    It is with great sadness we learned of Jeff's passing. We met Jeff and Joy when they moved to Ontario, through the newcomers club and became fast friends. Larry and Jeff had a mutual love of sports..attending many events together. Many fun times visiting in Ontario and Michigan. Jeff loved his family! We hold Jess, Austin and Dylan in our thoughts ...

    DONNA Shields2 Apr 2020

    My thoughts and prayers are with you. I worked with Jeff at ECARS in Indianapolis, I have nothing but wonderful fond memories of Jeff.

    Elsie Payne2 Apr 2020

    You were a wonderful father, son and big brother and brother in law. You will be missed. ❤️

    Carol Enyeart2 Apr 2020

    Rich and I were so sorry to hear this tragic news. We have many great memories of times spent with Jeff during his time in Los Angeles. Sending peace and prayers to his entire family.

    Michele Tower2 Apr 2020

    Growing up down the street from the Enyearts, my dad and I had the pleasure of attending many sporting events with Austin, Dylan, and Mr. Enyeart. We all tailgated countless Detroit Lions games together, where Mr. Enyeart would grill us burgers and throw us the football in the parking lot. Many jokes were made and laughs shared. He also went to ma...

    Jack Johnson3 Apr 2020

    We will forever cherish all of the memories that our family had with Jeff and his family. There were so many moments and things we would have never experienced if we did not know him. These moments will never be forgotten. His talents will live on through his children. He will be missed by many. Heartfelt sympathies to the entire Enyeart family. M...

    Barry and Chris Scholz3 Apr 2020

    Jeff was always up for a game of baseball at the W C Mills diamond .Grew up together on the Southside, prayers to all and cherish 3 memories.

    Steve Jeffers3 Apr 2020

    Jeff was my favorite downtown Chicago culture friend. We enjoyed film, live theatre, concerts, the Art Institute, and many times, the CSO. It breaks my heart that I won’t see his face or hug him again. With me are the memories of many discussions covering politics (both local and national), travel adventures past and those hoped for, and mostly, ou...

    Kathy O'Grady3 Apr 2020
    3 Apr 2020

    Dana Sinclair We were so very lucky to share a family! Growing up so close to cousins is a true blessing! I love you Jeff and will miss you greatly!

    3 Apr 2020

    Dana Sinclair Cousins - Family

    I always enjoyed Jeff’s sense of adventure. The first time we met, he and Joy took me to the LA Forum for an LA Kings game. That was a big deal and pretty amazing for a young man from Wisconsin. I’m so glad we (the Scholz family) were able to take him to Lambeau Field on a frigid day in December of 1993 so he could be there for the birth of the L...

    Todd Scholz4 Apr 2020

    I worked with Jeff in the early 90’s in Indianapolis. Jeff was the BEST salesman I have ever met, every account that I did sales calls with him loved him. (Even when we increased their price they had to pay) I learned so much from him on negotiating and sales techniques that helped my career. I can still hear him say those phrases he used everyda...

    Tim Allie4 Apr 2020

    Since hearing of the passing of Jeff I for a few days now have been quite overwhelmed with emotions for my dear Enyeart family. All my wonderful memories have just come flooding back. I came to meet the Enyearts at a time when my own father became ill. I believe it was a blessing in disguise that Jeff , Joy and the kids came into my life as my fath...

    Sarah McGann4 Apr 2020

    I knew Jeff since our school days back in Wabash and had had the opportunity to run into him a time or two since he moved to Chicago. Ironically, i had tried to reconnect just a couple weeks back. Jeff was a great guy who left so many with fond memories-and a laugh or two along the way. RIP my friend.

    Nick Stein4 Apr 2020

    Frank and I were shocked and heart broken to learn of Jeff's death. We having been thinking of your family often and saying prayers for comfort. We know your loss is enormous. As Sydney's fiancee's parents, we are new to the Enyeart family. We have enjoyed every opportunity to be with the Enyearts and feel blessed that our son has such a wonderful ...

    Rena Zirille5 Apr 2020
    12 Apr 2020

    Ron Golminas How truly shocking and tragic. After the shock wore off, it was fun to reconnect with old friends from the Canada days of Enterprise. I guess I could start with my interview. I wanted to look and be the sharpest possible, but when I arrived we went to Moose Winooski's in Kitchener, ON where he handed me a motorcycle helmet and told me to race in a go cart....in my suit. He was confident he could teach me what I needed to know, but he was looking for the right fit. Someone who could play as hard as you worked. I can only imagine there is a 'live sporting events' motif on this page, and that's because it's true. He had the worst FOMO when it came to sporting events. He just HAD to be there and experience the event live. And we both saw eye to eye on that and we could always count on being each other's wingman for said event. (Wingman is a bit of a pun, because of our love of visiting Niagara, and just having to cross the boarder to Buffalo for Anchor Bar wings or having Dave Sungalo grab some if he was coming to London). Jeff's true sense of adventure was infectious, and I still have that spirit in me today with no regrets! It was also Joy and Jeff that gave us so much support while living in Canada. I was up there for a year and a half before Sandy and I were married and she moved up. I had begun to assimilate, but it was a shock on Sandy. Jeff and Joy were so sweet helping an expat. Even when I left Enterprise, we stayed in touch and even went to a few games last Summer when he was still in Chicago. We were never without easy conversation as we talked about raising kids at different life stages and life in general. I'll miss those adventures my good man, and may the heavens be like the most amazing Vegas Sports Book so you can enjoy all of your teams! Godspeed my friend and the deepest of sympathy to your loved ones.

    RIP Mr. Enyeart ! Thank you for taking me to my first ever hockey game which was the plymouth whalers. I remember that even after all these years. You were always so kind when i would come kick it with Austin. Rest well, Austin i’m sending my thoughts and prayers old friend !

    Nate Dyer14 Apr 2020
    15 Apr 2020

    Kathy O'Grady Jeff sent me these after his return from Cuba.

    15 Apr 2020

    Kathy O'Grady First Hawk’s game and Derby Day at Arlington Park. Jeff was booed when we boarded the fan bus on the way to the Hawks game. Of course he handled it with his easy humor. Such fun we had.

    I am very sorry to hear of the loss of Jeff to this world. While we haven't reconnected since our early days at Ball State, he was one of the first guys I met as we lived in the same dorm at Whitcraft Hall. One of my fondest memories is driving over to Purdue in Jeff's purple Gremlin with a couple of other buddies and finding someone to let us into...

    Paul Schwinghammer16 Apr 2020