Salla Ritzhaupt

PIQUA - One month before our brilliant, radiant Salla Quinn Ritzhaupt graduated with her BA in Archives summa cum laude from her beloved Antioch College, she fell ill and was later diagnosed with the incredibly rare autoimmune disease, Degos.

In spite of the heroic efforts of a dedicated medical team at Miami Valley Hospital, the disease proved too aggressive. She passed December 2, 2023, at Miami County Hospice, Troy, Ohio on the same UVMC campus where she was born August 8, 2001.

Quinn was very active in the Antioch community as a member of both the gaming and chess clubs. She revived the school newspaper, The Record, with her dear friend Loretta Philip and the infamous Camelot race. She worked at the Olive Kettering Library where she discovered her love for archives and a true mentor in Scott Sanders. She was a Resident Assistant and served on the Library Director search committee.

Quinn is survived by her loving and proud parents Kurt and Andi (Bertke), sisters Zoe, Mara, and Nola, paternal grandmother Janalee Ritzhaupt (Fogt), maternal grandparents John Bertke and Linda Elliott (Jim), aunts, uncles, cousins, her partner, David Klasovsky, a group of the most amazing and supportive friends anyone could ask for, and "Aunt" Julie Heffner, who has been a constant in her life since birth. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Dieter Ritzhaupt.

She will be remembered by those lucky enough to know her as a gifted writer and debater, a music lover, the most loyal friend and sister who loved fiercely, a quick-witted hilarious woman with a contagious laugh. She was the most driven, focused person we have ever known. Quinn changed all of our lives and pushed us to be better people. We will be forever grateful for the time we had with her, even though it was too short.

A celebration of Quinn's life will be held at a later date for friends and family. Funeral arrangements are being provided to the family through the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, we ask you to donate in Quinn's memory to naafa.org or His Hands Extended Sanctuary, 1560 Dialton Rd. St Paris, Ohio 43072. Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy, to be provided to the family, may be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.