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Cirello, James J. Veteran of Vietnam War, beloved husband and best friend of Pamela (nee Herrera), dear father of Lisa Esquivel, Jamie (James Memenga), and Cynthia, devoted papa of Gerardo, Antoinette and Jimmy, loving son of Ida (nee Torrisi) and the late Primo Cirello, and fond son-in-law of Richard and the late Ann (nee Hacek) Herrera, fond brother of Marie (Donald) Di Fazio, Josephine Alvarado and the late Thomas and Joseph, loving uncle, cousin and friend of many. Funeral Tuesday, 9:15 a.m. from the Dalcamo Funeral Home, to St. Barbara Church, Mass 10:00 a.m. Interment St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation Monday, 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. 312-842-8681

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times from Feb. 21 to Feb. 22, 2010.

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Pam

February 17, 2024

It has been 14 years since you left and I miss you so much. I love you forever. Think about you everyday. Until we are together again.

Pam Cirello

February 14, 2023

Happy Valentines Day, miss and love you.

Pam Cirello

February 15, 2022

You have been gone 12 years. I feel like it was just yesterday. You are really missed. Love to you always. Until we meet again.

Sherry Santiago

February 15, 2019

Miss you Jimmy

Pamela Cirello

February 15, 2019

You have been gone 9 long years. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss you. You are in my thoughts and heart always. We all love you and miss you so much.

February 18, 2012

I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and pictures in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part. God has you in His arms, I have you in my heart. It has been 2 long years since you left. Love and miss you.

February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!

December 24, 2011

It's been 22 months since you left and your second Christmas in heaven. Love and miss you so much. Merry Christmas.

November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving. We all love and miss you so much.

November 19, 2011

21 months today you left. Time is going by so fast, but for me it still seems like yesterday. Love and miss you so much.

October 19, 2011

20 months ago today you left us. We love and miss you so much.

October 15, 2011

Happy Sweetest Day. Love and miss you so much.

JAMIE CIRELLO

September 23, 2011

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DAD! LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH.

September 19, 2011

19 months today since you left. Miss you so much. Love you.

The last birthday you were here with him.

August 26, 2011

Well Honey today is your baby boy's 9th Birthday. He misses you so much as I do. I know he wishes you were here to celebrate with him. That would be the best present ever. Love you.

August 19, 2011

Well Honey, today is 18 months since you left. Sometimes I still can't believe you are gone. I miss you so much. Love you always.

August 9, 2011

Just sitting here missing you so much. I would give anything to hear your voice, feel your touch. Love you always.

July 19, 2011

Hi Honey. It is 17 months today that you left us. I miss you so much. So does this little guy. We love you. I wish there was some way you can let me know you hear me when I talk to you, which is every day and night.

July 4, 2011

Happy 4th of July, Honey. This is your second one in heaven. Love and miss you so much.

June 30, 2011

Well Honey, we are coming up to another holiday that you are not here for. I hope you know how much I miss you. I am sorry I haven't been out to visit at cemetery, but I don't trust car. Love you.

JAMIE

June 20, 2011

HAPPY FATHERS DAY DAD, IT'S MY 30TH BIRTHDAY TODAY WISH YOU WERE STILL HERE! LOVE AND MISS YOU.

June 18, 2011

I want to wish you a Happy Father's Day, Honey. This is your second one in heaven. It is also 16 months since you left us. Love and Miss you so much.

June 3, 2011

Just sitting here thinking about you. Looking at your pictures. Missing your smile, the sound of your voice, the feel of your touch. Love and miss you so much.

May 29, 2011

It's Memorial Day tomorrow. I wish you were here with me. I miss you so much I can't think or get anything done. I love you now and always.

May 19, 2011

Today is 14 months since you left. I miss you more than ever. Nothing is right with out you. Love you so much.

May 7, 2011

Well today is Kentucky Derby day and we would have been at the track, but nothing is the same any more with you gone. Tomorrow is Mother's Day and that day will not be the same without you. I love and miss you so much, I hope you can feel how much.

JME

April 25, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD. LOVE AND MISS YOU.

April 25, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Honey! This is your second birthday not with us. I love you and think of you always.

April 24, 2011

HAPPY EASTER Honey. We love and miss you so much. The holidays just are not the same without you.

April 19, 2011

Hi Honey. Today is 14 months since you left. I was just sitting here looking at your pictures. I miss you so much. Love you always.

April 1, 2011

Today is April Fool's Day. Wouldn't it be nice if this past year was just a bad joke. I wish it was and you were here. Miss you so much. Love you always.

March 24, 2011

I wish Heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought of you yesterday and the days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake from which I’ll never part, God has you in... his arms…I have you in my heart. Love and miss you.

March 20, 2011

Yesterday was 13 months since you left. Spent the whole day thinking of you. Miss you so much.

March 17, 2011

Happy St. Patty's Day Honey. I miss you so much. Not even having our usual meal without you. Love you always.

March 4, 2011

Hi Honey. I miss you so much. It is so lonely here without you. I talk to you all day, but of course you can't answer. I would love to hear your voice just one more time. Love you always.

February 20, 2011

I had mass said for you yesterday on your 1 year anniversary. Everyone was there. We all miss you so much and love you. Me especially.

February 19, 2011

Honey it has been one year since you left. I feel like I died with you. I just exist here I am not living. I can't with out you. I miss you so much my heart hurts. There isn't a minute that goes by that I don't think of you. I just sit here looking at your pictures, and would give anything to hear your voice again. Love you so much.

jamie cirello

February 18, 2011

Dad
You have been gone one whole year and nothing is the same.
It seems like it was just yesterday that the angels called your name.
Every morning when I wake up I think maybe it was just a nightmare.
But when I try and call your name I realize your not here.
My memories of you will never fade and you are always on my mind.
I wish that there was such a way for the years to just rewind.
I wish I can see you and hear your voice once more.
I wish we can talk and laugh like we did before.
It makes me happy to think of all the good times that we had But it breaks my heart to know thats all I have left of you ..dad.
I look at pictures, smell
Your cologne and listen to your favorite song I know that you were sick but it just seems so wrong.
As I sit here writing this I realize nothing in life is fair.
And there has not been one day thats gone by that I havnt shed a tear.
As my life moves forward without you, I will imagine you always by my side.
And you will always be in my heart.....because in there you're still alive.

February 14, 2011

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY DAD, LOVE AND MISS YOU.

February 14, 2011

Happy Valentines day Jim, almost a year already. Tim's fundraiser is coming up next month, going to the track is just not the same without you and Pam. The two people I thought would be here forever are the two that are gone, and the two I miss the most.

February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day Honey. This is our first apart. I miss and love you so much. I still walk in the room expecting to see you. Until we are together again.

February 5, 2011

Well honey it's superbowl time. I was just thinking about last year, and how you slept all day and night. I guess your body was getting ready. I miss and love you so much.

January 29, 2011

Just thinking about you so much. You're in my mind 24/7. Love and miss you so much.

January 19, 2011

11 months ago today you left. Where has the time gone. I still can't believe you are gone. Love and miss you so much.

January 15, 2011

One year ago today our life as we knew it came to an end. The doctor's sent you home to get ready to die. I guess you didn't have anymore fight in you, because that is just what you did. Love and miss you so much.

January 1, 2011

Happy New Year's honey. Love and miss you.

December 31, 2010

It's New Year's Eve today. This is our first one apart. I have no wish to celebrate the New Year. It won't ever be the same without you. Love and miss you so much. Watch over everyone tonight, after all you are our personal angel.

December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas honey. This is your first one in heaven. Love and miss you.

December 24, 2010

Well it's Christmas Eve and you are not here, and I don't want to be here with out you. Life is so unfair. Love and miss you so much.

December 19, 2010

Well it's 10 months today that you left. I miss you so much it hurts. You shold be the one here not me. Love you always.

December 3, 2010

I'm just sitting here missing you so much. The closer it gets to the holiday, I think the harder it is going to be for me. Love you.

Thanksgiving 2009

November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving honey. This is our first with out you. It will not be the same. Love and miss you so much.

November 19, 2010

Nine months to the day you left. The days are going so fast, but to me it feels like it was just yesterday. Love and miss you so much. Getting thru these holidays is going to be really hard without you. Until we are together again. Love me.

November 11, 2010

HAPPY VETERANS DAY DAD!! MISS YOU.

November 11, 2010

Happy Veteran's Day honey. Love and miss you.

November 6, 2010

Church had a memorial mass today. I went in your honor. They called your name and I went up and lit a candle in your memory. Love and miss you so much.

October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween honey. Love and miss you so much.

October 19, 2010

8 months today that you left. Love and miss you so much. Nothing is the same without you.

October 16, 2010

Happy Sweetest Day honey. Love and miss you so much.

October 16, 2010

Happy Sweetest Day Honey. I love and miss you so much.

October 4, 2010

You have been on my mind so much. I still can't believe you are gone. Love and miss you so much.

September 23, 2010

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DAD! MISS YOU.

September 23, 2010

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HONEY. Today would have been our 31st wedding anniversary. I miss you so much. Can't wait until we are together again. Love you.

September 21, 2010

September 19, 2010

Today is 7 months since you left us. In your honor we did the prostate walk. We all miss and love you, me the most.

September 19, 2010

It is 7 months today that you left. We are all walking in the prostate cancer walk in you honor. We love you and miss you so much. Especially me.

September 10, 2010

Well your girls went camping today. Just me, Lil Jimmy and two dogs home. So lonely without you. Miss you so much. Love you.

September 6, 2010

Happy Labor Day. Miss you so much. Sorry I haven't been to visit, will try to get there this week. Love you.

September 2, 2010

Well here we are in September. Dreading this month. Wish it was over with. Missing you so much. Love you. Hope you are watching over us.

August 26, 2010

Today is your baby's 8th Birthday. Hope you are watching over him.

August 25, 2010

I'm just sitting here missing you so much. I am so ready to be with you. Living without you is not living. Love you.

August 19, 2010

MISS YOU DAD!

August 19, 2010

It's been 6 months today since you left. I feel like it was just yesterday. Miss you so much. You are in my thoughts constantly. Love You. Keep watching over us.

August 14, 2010

Some days I can't believe you are gone. Today is one of those days. I really miss you so much. Love you.

August 8, 2010

Sorry I haven't been out to visit you. I will try to get there this week. Miss you so much. Love you.

July 31, 2010

Thinking about you. Miss you so much. Love you

July 19, 2010

It's 5 months today since you left. We love and miss you so much.

St. Barb's Fest 2009

July 17, 2010

This weekend is the St. Barb's fest. You had so much fun last year. Wish you were here with us this year. Love and miss you.

July 16, 2010

God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be. So he put his arms around you and whispered "come with me". With tearful eyes I watched you,
and saw you pass away. Although I loved you dearly, I could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest. God broke my heart to prove to me, he only takes the best. I you miss more every day!

July 7, 2010

Miss you Dad!!!

July 4, 2010

Happy 4th of July. Love and miss you so much.

4th of July 2009

July 3, 2010

Well honey it is going to be the 4th of July tomorrow and you're not here. I miss you so much. I keep looking at the pictures from last year and you were so happy. You should still be here with us. Love you.

June 27, 2010

Sorry I haven't been out to visit you. I will try to get there this week. Miss you so much.

June 24, 2010

We had a really bad storm yesterday. Wish you were here, it was scary. I would have felt safer with you here. Love you.

June 20, 2010

Happy Father's Day honey. You were the best dad, papa, and husband there was. We all miss and love you so much.

June 19, 2010

Today is 4 months since you left. I feel like it was just yesterday. I miss you so much. I didn't know it was going to hurt so much. Love you always.

June 19, 2010

Happy Father's Day Jim, I hope you are with Mom, you two get along so well.
Love, Sherry

June 11, 2010

Well honey the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. I am sure you know that. Wish you were here to see this with me. Miss you so much.

June 8, 2010

Sitting here looking at pictures of you. Not the same as having you here with me. Miss you so much it hurts. Love you.

June 2, 2010

Missing you so much. Somedays I can't believe you are gone. Love you.

May 31, 2010

Happy Memorial Day! Went to visit you today, left a flag and some flowers. Got home just before the storm. Love you and miss you.

May 30, 2010

Well the baby is leaving for PR today. Hope he has fun. Make sure you watch over him. Miss you and love you.

May 25, 2010

Sitting here thinking about you. Miss you so much. Wish you could be here with me.

May 19, 2010

It's 3 months today since you left and I feel like it was just yesterday. Love and miss you so much.

May 16, 2010

Going to a wake today. Uncle Vic died. It is going to be hard going in there today without picturing you. Love you and miss you so much.

May 13, 2010

I wrote this for your Birthday, just did not get around to posting it.


Today it is your birthday dad, and I wish it wasn't true

But it is your first in heaven, and we are not with you.
You would have turned 63 today, if you were still with us here,

And although you are so far away, our hearts and memories have kept you near.

I hope that you will celebrate your Birthday in heaven up above,

We cannot see your face, but we send you all our love.

I hope the angels made you a cake, and maybe a big surprise,

But don't blow out your candles yet, instead light up the skies.

So every time the clouds move out and the sun comes shining through,

We will know you are here with us, and you will know we love you.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD, I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH!

May 9, 2010

Today is Mother's Day and you are not here to share it with me. I spent yesterday with your mother and sisters. It was fun. Miss you and love you so much.

May 3, 2010

If tears could build a stairway and thoughts a memory lane I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. My heart's still active in sadness and secret tears still flow what it meant to lose you no one can ever know. Love you.

May 2, 2010

Yesterday was Derby Day and I know if you were here we would had fun and maybe the winner. Miss you so much.

April 29, 2010

Well your headstone is finally in. Now I don't feel like I am looking at a pile of dirt. Miss you.

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