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Wrapped in ‘comfort quilt,' family gives life to memories

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Told there was no way to stop his kidney cancer, Eric Riedesel spent his last months at home in Antioch with his wife and three kids.

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Not sure if Eric Riedesel of Antioch would survive until his 48th birthday, his family gave him this “comfort quilt” signed by many of his favorite celebrities during an emotional Christmas Day.

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With their dad sick from kidney cancer and nobody able to do anything to stop it, 9-year-old Adelaide Riedesel and her twin brother, Harrison, poured themselves into a life-affirming project to make a “comfort quilt” featuring squares boasting signatures of loved ones and celebrities. Eric Riedesel was wrapped in their quilt when he died Saturday evening.