Martyl Reinsdorf, the wife of Chicago Bulls and White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and the designer of championship rings for both teams, died Monday afternoon after a long illness, the Sox announced. She was 85.
As “Grandma Martyl,” she created and distributed more than 1 million coloring books, crayons, markers and toys to hospitals, orphanages and shelters, according to the Sox news release. Recipients included survivors of Hurricane Katrina, residents of Ronald McDonald Houses and patients at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Phoenix Children’s Hospital and the Spectrios Institute for Low Vision in Wheaton.
“My mother had such a heart for children,” Bulls President and COO Michael Reinsdorf said in a statement.