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CRYSTAL LAKE - Ryan Matthew Kopp Kirchhoff, 18, of Crystal Lake, died Thursday, April 7, 2005.
He was born March 3, 1987, in McHenry, to Richard B. and Penny A. (Kopp) Kirchhoff.
He was an early graduate of Prairie Ridge High School in January of 2005. He attended McHenry County College and was set to attend DePaul University. He enjoyed photography, frisbee golf, skydiving and skate boarding.
Survivors include his parents; two sisters, Erin (Michael) Marty of Lake Villa and Kimberly Kirchhoff of Chicago; a brother, Kyle Kirchhoff of Crystal Lake; and his grandparents, Susanne Kirchhoff of Crystal Lake and Mary Kopp of Springfield. Also members of the Sefton family of Illinois, the Touch family of North Carolina and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Philip Kopp and John Ernest Kirchhoff.
The visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday, April 11, at Resurrection Catholic Church, 2918 Country Club Road, Woodstock. The visitation will continue from 9 a.m. until the 10 a.m. funeral Mass celebration Tuesday, April 12, at the church. Interment will be in Crystal Lake Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Out of the Darkness Overnight, benefitting the American Foundation Suicide Prevention. Arrangements were made by Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry. For information, call the funeral home at (815) 385-0063.
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Ashley
April 6, 2025
20 years tomorrow....not a year goes by that you are not thought of. I always wonder who you'd be.
Every year you've given me signs and every year, I cry. You may be gone from this world but I promise, you are not forgotten.
All You Need Is Love....
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