Samuel DeStefano Obituary

Hey Baby, just thinking about you so much lately and still missing you as much as ever. I will be coming in to visiting you & Dennis soon. Sometimes I will let my imagination run wild and wonder what possibly may be going on in the Mausoleum after they close and go home. ? Can't help but think that you both sneak out for a beer, I sure would Love if that was possible ! Love and miss you Sammy !

RIP to a king. I knew Sam through his daughter and Fountain Hills will always be his domain to me. Great family.

The girls are beautiful and amazing, and I know you are watching over them. You will always be Forever in our hearts. Love you!!

It is now 15 years but yet it seems like yesterday. Love and miss every day Sam !

Missing you as much as ever ! 14 years have passed, but it certainly hasn't change the loss I feel. Love you my baby brother !

Missing my best friend!

Happy 64th birthday. Love and miss you always❤

No words can describe how much you are missed. I cant believe its 13 years already seems like yesterday. I love you forever l! Thanks for being with me at Church Saturday!!!

Happy Birthday my love. I miss you so very much, knowing you are always with us. Love always

Hi Sam, I hope you were there to meet your nephew with Jeffrey. I hope that you are all together and praying for us here. I miss you all desperately. Our family is slowly leaving this earth. Sometimes it seems like it's more than I can bear. I love you all now as I did then. I pray you will be there when my time comes.
Big Sister

Happy Birthday Sam. You would have been the big 60 today. I know you would still have been as handsome as ever.I love and miss you Sam. Sandra

Happy 60th Birthday Sammy ! Miss you every day and wish we could talk. We will miss you till we meet again.
love you Bunches !
Toni Ann & Dennis

Hey Sam here I am as usual on this horrible day. It is 7:30 and the horrible sick feeling fills my heart. I cannot tell you how wonderful your girls are, both are sweet and georgeous inside and out. Oh Stephanie is the best and Sabrina is wise beyond her years. You would be so very proud of them both and they really watch over each other as we did. I promise to always be close to them.
miss you so much!
toni ann

Just want to wish you a Happy 59th Birthday on this Thanksgiving Day. Miss you every day ! We will go thru the motions of the Holiday but Sandra and I will not have that thankful feeling going on.
Please give Jeff a kiss and let him know all the white Italian Lights that I hung are for all the light the two of you brought into our lives. Love and Miss You So!
Toni Ann & Dennis

Hi little brother. I want to wish you a Happy Birthday. You've been on my mind so much lately.I still miss you so much. I hope you and your nephew are behaving. I love you Sam. Sandra

HAPPY 58TH BIRTHDAY SAMMY !! HOPE YOU ARE CELEBRATING WITH JEFF AND SAL AND PAT. I SAID A PRAYER FOR YOU WHEN I WOKE THIS MORNING. LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU AND LIKE I SAID YOUR GIRLS ARE THE BEST!! TONI ANN

Sammy, Seven years today and the tears still flow like day one. I really miss talking to you and miss you so very much, more than you could ever know. Your girls are so very beautiful and such good girls. You would be so very proud of them. Give Jeff a kiss for me. love you !!!

Sammy,Please look after Jeff. It is almost a year since he left us. We miss you both so very much. Not a day goes by without having you on my mind now my heart has been broken again with the loss of my Jeff. He so loved and missed you, now you are together. I love you both so very much. Sandra

***** HAPPY 56TH BIRTHDAY SAMMY !*****
DENNIS AND I WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND SORRY WE ARE NOT SPENDING IT TOGETHER, BUT THE DAY WILL COME WHEN WE WILL ALL CELEBRATE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN. UNTIL THEM LOVE AND MISS YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE.
LOVE YOU BROTHER
TONI ANN & DENNIS

SAMMY
DEEP IN OUR HEARTS YOU WILL ALWAYS STAY. LOVED AND REMEMBERED EVERY DAY. NO ONE KNOWS THE GRIEF WE BARE, WHEN THE FAMILY MEETS AND YOUR NOT THERE. WISHING TODAY AS WE WISHED BEFORE, THAT GOD COULD HAVE SPARED YOU MANY YEARS MORE. MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH SAM, THINGS JUST ARE NOT THE SAME ANYMORE. OCTOBER 18 HAS BECOME THE MOST DREADED DAY OF THE YEAR.

REMEMBERING YOU IS EASY, WE DO IT EVERY DAY. ITS JUST THE PAIN OF LOSING YOU THAT NEVER GOES AWAY.

****November 27, 1955 *******
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Happy 55TH Birthday Sammy !!!
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Another year without you. Sorry I didn't send you a message on Oct.18th, but I had my hands full with Dennis being so sick. Sandy has been taking care of Larry who has a lot of healing to do.
Sammy, Dennis and I miss you so very much as well as the rest of the family. You are the best brother I could have ever had. We always, always and always watched over each other thru all my bad times, and all your bad times. Thanks for always helping me and being there.
I Love you baby, the tears are still flowing and I miss you as much today as day one.
Love You Baby !

Hi Sambo,

Boy Lou today just found this guest book. Tears running down his face. He told me to come up stair and I want you to see something. Well what a pleasant suprize. Just wanted you to know that the Smith family misses you greatly. One fond memory is the head stand that you did in are kitchen in Plainfield. One minute you where standing the next your feet where on my cabinets falling onto the stove. How we laughed. We had a lot of good times.

Love,
Smith Family

i miss you like no other sambo! i'm rolling along and know that you are watching over me. talked to sabrina for quite a while last week, got off the phone and cryed like a baby. we'll be together again one day. i love you my brother. jeffrey

I can't believe it's been three years, I could have sworn it was more. It feels like forever since I've hung out with you and just talked about nothing. You were and still are my best friend in the world. I love you Daddy, miss you.

Hi Baby. I can not believe it has been 3years today exactly at this moment you left us all. There is not a day that goes by that I do not miss you and wish I could see you smile just one more time. I love you so much and I know we will be together again one day. You are and always will be the love of my life.

I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU!!

Sammy..it's 3 years tomorrow and it hurts like day one. I miss you and think of you every day.
Happy Sweetest Day.
Keep watching over the girls and keep them safe.
Love you My Brother!
Toni Ann

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMMY !
THIS IS YOUR 3 RD BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN. DENNIS AND I MADE A TOAST TO YOUR SPECIAL DAY AT DINNER.
LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU EVERY DAY.

sambo,
2 yrs for you, 10 yrs for me. you got out easy! i found our ring and bought it brother! i thought you'd like that. lil' terry will be living in phoenix soon, look out for him. steve said you came to him in a dream last week, why havent you come to me lately? i need to hear from you. i love you sam, jeffrey

I love you !

Hi Sammy
Today is 2 years since the dreadful phone call, know that I think of you everyday and Love you. I miss talking to you but I still have my daily chats with you. Love you and miss you.

Hi Baby. I can not believe it is 20 months already each day feels like the first day. I know you will be with us when we go to Chicago this Friday. We are looking forward to going for a relaxing time with family and friends instead of for something bad. We all miss you so so much. Every day I wonder how I made it thru another day with out you. I really have no answers except the girls keep me going and I am surprised I have made it this far. We all LOVE you so much, and wait for the day when we can be together again. I LOVE YOU !

sambo,
the greatest thing i'll ever have in my life is your smile and grin. i look in the mirror everyday and see you. steve and april send their love and there are many times when we are hanging out on the pooldeck that we wish my phone would ring and it would be you. then the tears roll. i dont have an answer why you left us sam, i never will but i do know you'll always be here for me. i love you my brother.

SAM, I JUST HEARD SABRINA'S AUDIO MESSAGE TO YOU. YOU ALWAYS SAID YOU WANTED TO RECORD HER VOICE BEFORE IT CHANGED, WELL THERE YOU GO.
TODAY IS MOMS 11TH YEAR IN HEAVEN, PLEASE GIVE HER AND DADDY A KISS FOR ME.
LOVE YA BABY AND MISS YOU AN AWFUL LOT

hey Sambo', miss ya cuz', i love that you're my cousin.
...we Believe, so we KNOW that we'll all be 2gether again, xoox
cousin MaryAnn Tardi

Hi baby, been thinking about you. Theresa sent me some photo's of you that were great. Seeing you looking so good, sitting next to steph and gazing so lovingly at sabrina was wonderful to see. They are great girls Sam, just wish I was closer so that I could see them more often. I do love them. I see you in each of them. I wish you could tell me why your picture in my bedroom keeps falling over,it's a heavy frame and when I found it laying down the second time I was puzzled, oh well, maybe your trying to get my attention. I miss you Sam, love you. I hope that some day you and Gaylon will be there waiting for me when it's my time, until then, I will keep you in my heart always. Love, Sandra

Hi Baby. I found our wedding video and the girls and I watched it the other day. Im sure you already knew that as you were probably there with us as the girls laughed at how young we looked and the funny way I was dancing at the reception. You were always the MOST handsome man around. Im sure you are driving the girls crazy up there too. I was the luckiest girl in the world and I will always be. You are my soul mate and I will always love you!

SAMMY,
I AM SO VERY SORRY THAT I CANNOT CALL YOU TO WISH YOU A HAPPY 52 ND BIRTHDAY.BUT AS I TOLD YOU IN OUR MORNING CHAT, WHAT AM I THINKING; THERE IS NOTHING AT ALL HAPPY ABOUT IT.
EVER SO OFTEN FOR A SLIGHT SECOND I FORGET THAT YOUR GONE, AND AS SOON AS REALITY HITS ME; I JUST CANNOT EXPRESS HOW SICK IT MAKES ME FEEL.
DENNIS & I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH. TALK TO YOU SOON.

Happy Birthday Baby! We love and miss you very much. Watch for the balloons the girls and I will be sending you today. We think about you and talk about you every day. Time still has not made this any easier on us. It is still a struggle to get thru each day with out you. I LOVE YOU !

HAPPY B - DAY SAM

heyy uncle samm.
the whole family misses you so much including mee. i think about you everyday i havee had quite a few dreamss as well. i just wanted you to know that i miss you alot.
love,
Jackie

(uncle)Sam,I think about you everyday,I have a picture of you on my night stand,next to one of my dad and mom.I look at it alway's hoping I may dream of you or my dad. I want to thank-you for riding with me to work the other morning,I was driving too fast & allof a sudden a feeling of calm came over me . I could feel your presence in the seat next to me.I can't explain it , I just knew it was you.I'm so glad mom was able to go to the party they had for you,she was inhaling helium &talking to the girl's like minie mouse.I would have loved to go , but was not able to.Your girl's are beautiful,smart as you know I believe Theresa get's her strength from them.We all miss you ,think of you everyday.Jackie told me that you told her that she was beautiful,she remember,s that and carries that with her.She did draw a picture of you that was amazing,I had know idea that she was that talented.The boy's are still having a hard time & still can,t talk about you without crying.I guess in time it will get easier for them.I know I remember all the good time's we had. The halloween party at mary's(pom,s)house,you dressed up like some african native.You guy's coming back to the house dirty from 4-wheeling,laughing and sore.I Love You and will miss you alway's no-one can fill this hole in my heart.Laura

sambo,
mom came to see you and the girls but i still cant. i look at your picture everyday, talk to you and know your hearing me cause i see that smile. i'll never be older and wiser than you but you and i will always share one thing, we are DAMN GOOD LOOKIN! remember that? my heart, my soul, my brother forever sammy.

Sam,
I love you cuz', and even tho we didn't see each other often, we sporatically did run into each other in the neighborhood, and I LOVED IT :-)
Gosh, how i miss you also Sam.
Yes it's been 1 year but it feels like i just heard the news, and still cannot believe it.
My love goes out to you Theresa and the girls, and i'm happy to see that you're maintaining this book Toni Ann.
From reading theres's entry, I assume that Sandra was down in AZ. I hope that you're also well San' and your move and all successful.
I pray that Jeffrey is doing well too.
ALL OF MY LOVE to ALL of you.
Sincerely, your cousin MaryAnn Tardi

I could not find the strength to write this last Wednesday. I know you are always with me and the girls. I hope you enjoyed the BBQ on Saturday and the funny stories Sandra was telling. We did the best we could to laugh and remember the great times and tried not to dwell on our pain. You sure got a lot of messages in the balloons. Sabrina sent the last of the balloon messages today. I will never stop LOVING you and missing you everyday of my life. You were my life. I know thru your messages to me you want me to be strong for the girls. I try and try but I just can not seem to be strong with out you. My saving grace is wonderful family and friends, I could never have made it this far with out them. It has been 1 year but it still feels like yesterday to me. We some how manage to get thru each day but not with out missing you, talking to you and crying. I can not imagine time will make that any easier. Sabrina still tells me when she feels you with us that is such a huge comfort to all of us.
People tell me I am strong but I do not see or feel that. I just want you back so I can be happy again. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !!

hi daddy its me sabrina i really really miss you i cant believe its been more then one year already wow.well i miss you alot i wish i can give you a big hug and kiss. i love feeling you and knowing when your here but its not the same at all 6th grade has been going good.and i have been sending you alot of ballons. well i just wanted to say that i miss you alot so love you bunches bye bye.

Sammy and Family.

I cannot believe so many months have
gone by since you left all you family and friends.
Everytime I go into Playoffs Sports
Bar in Bellwood I think of you.
Many of great times we had together there.
Plus all the early Days at Proviso
Cock Robin, Broadview dances.
I could go on and on!

I wish you and the Family never moved to ARZ.

ALL THE CREW FROM BELLWOOD
MISSES YOU.
I Know I sure do!

JIMMY MASCIO

Sammy,

I'm sorry WE coundn't make it to your party but I quess I don't need to tell you why because you already know. I think of you every day ( all of the good times ). How about that picture Jackie drew of you? Pretty cool like a real life portrait. I wish you were here with us right now. We miss you.

Love Dave, Jackie and Frank

6 months. I still can not believe this is real. I am not any better than I was 6 mos ago. We do not know who to live with out you.
I love you!

It has now been 5 months But, the pain is just as strong now. At 7:30pm and midnight last night it was the same as 5 months ago. People tell me time will heal. I do not think that time will ever come. The girls and I struggle just to get thru each day. You were my life. You were the most wonderful, loving father. We love and miss you so much I am not really sure how to continue with out you.
I love you with all of my heart and soul.

Uncle Sam, It seems so funny to call you that. You were more like a brother to me.Stephanie and Sabrina let me tell you what a brat your dad really was.one day at auntie sandy's larry, steve, jeff, and your dad were playing in the yard, and of course I made the mistake of trying to play with them, your dad found a gardener snake and threw it, it just so happened to land around my neck. As I stood there screaming "get it off me" they stood there and laughed,and laughed.I ended up pulling it off myself, boy's. Then there was the time we all piled into mom's car with your dad driving, he must have been about 12 or 13 I was in the backseat I remember going around that curve by auntie sandy's it felt like we were on two wheels, I thought we were going to tip over,of course your dad assured us all that he had it under control.So cool,when your mom and dad started dating,they would come to mom's house with their high heeled shoes,your mom was so tiny,but your dad managed to still be taller.your dad alway's dressed up polyester pants and silk shirts,and his hair was peerfect. No wonder your cousin Jeff alway's wanted to be just like him, and he was.Your dad was truly one of a kind,no one will ever come close.He loved your mom, and both of you so much, alway's remember that and carry that with you.I loved your dad like a brother, and I miss him everyday.The thing I try to do is remember all the good times we all had together,I still see him smiling in the garage at your old house here.I alway's loved that cocky grin, and the way he laughed. That's how I will alway's remember him laughing and living life to the fullest. I will love and miss you everyday for the rest of my life. (Your Niece) Laura

Sammy,
I want you to know that I think of you everyday. I talk to you everyday and I feel it in my heart that you know it's me. I gave Jackie a necklace today called Always In My Heart to remember our uncle Sam.
Engraved on the back of it is

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

I will always love you with all of my heart.

Love Dave

sambo,
here i am again thinking of my uncle, brother, friend. the holidays are fine but without a call from you, as theresa said i was one of the few, i miss. you and dad make room for me cause im coming to be with you. god how i miss you!!

Hi honey. Some how the girls and I survived Christmas with out you. Everyone tells me with time it will get easier. I has been over 2 months and actually it gets harder not easier. We love and miss you so very much. I know you are always with me in my heart and my thoughts. Sabrina says she sees you and smells you, so I know you are near trying to help us thru this. But our lives will never be complete with out you. We love and miss you so very much sometimes the pain is to much to bare.
I will love you forever!

Sammy, I still can't believe that your not here with us anymore.
I know we didn't see each other that often but to know I'll never see you again is more than we can bare.
You try and keep yourself busy so you won't think about this tragedy, but it comes back with such a sharp pain in my heart.
What a waste of such a beautiful heart and soul that you had.
I know that this part of you has been passed down to your two beautiful girls, Stephanie and Sabrina.
I've sat and thought about all the good times we had in my house in Hinsdale. How ironic to have lost you, my baby brother, just as I was about to sell this house after so many years, but I will take many memories with me, your beautiful smile,and that infectious
laugh of yours.
I thought of you on your birthday, and on Thanksgiving with all the cannole Birhtday cakes to celebrate your day.
I loved you so very much, you were like one of my own, and more of a brother to my kids than an Uncle.
I know Sam that your in a better place,but only God knows why he took you so soon.
I miss you and will love you always,
Your Sister Sandra

to my uncle sam,
you will always be my hero! and that is from my heart. i am so very sorry i wasnt there for you when you had to go but i'll never forget you, i promise you that. i hope god will let me be with you when i pass. i'll love you always. your nephew, steveoo

p.s. you know i always wanted to be like you. look at my driving record. i'll always thank god for the memories of you. rest in peace

You were my uncle. I remeber how funny and soo much fun you used to be! My dad told me once about how the time you guys got caught four wheeling! and the officer said why dont you go four wheel in your back yard! and how you said well mine isnt big enough! and i just wanted you to know that i miss you! and i love you

SAMMY...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY BROTHER.....
I REMEMBER THE DAY YOU WERE BORN LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. DADDY CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL AND WAS SINGING IN THE SHOWER, HE NOW HAD A SON...AND HE WAS SO VERY HAPPY.
I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD THEN AND I REMEMBER THINKING THIS CANNOT BE A GOOD THING FOR ME, I'M NOT THE BABY ANYMORE. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW DADDY HAD ENOUGH LOVE FOR ALL OF US, AND
BESIDES; BECAUSE YOU WERE SO LITTLE I STILL GOT TO GO ON VACATION WITH DADDY AND THE SENATOR TO MICHIGAN EVERY SUMMER. I AM SO HAPPY YOU SHOWED THE SAME LOVE AND HOW TO LOVE TO STEPHANIE & SABRINA THAT DADDY GAVE TO US...
LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU
TONI ANN

my uncle sambo,
this is for your girls to know how close you are to my heart. you were the one that gave me my own identity as a child. you had the answers for me as a teenager when i felt there was no one to ask. you gave me my first fake i.d. because we looked so much alike. as i grew to a man, you were no longer my uncle, you were my brother. in my darkest hours you were always there and never made me feel like a cripple. i would not be the man i am today if not for you. you are in my heart, soul and thoughts everyday until it's my time to join you. your the best sam. i miss you, i love you.

hi dad i love you very much and i miss you very much. mom said she was going to find a lady that could talk to the dead. because she misses you very much ,and i bet ya that she's going to talk to pom-me ,and papa, and her dad. well i want to go to so i'll talk to you soon.and by the way could you start sending me dreams at night.love ya bye dad.oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox.

SAMMY..
SANDRA GAVE ME THIS MANY YEARS AGO AND IT SO APPLIES TO THE THREE OF US..HERE GOES..
WE SHARED MANY SECRETS...
THE SAME MOM AND DAD
WE LAUGHED AT THE GOOD TIMES
DON'E THINK OF THE BAD.....
OUR MEMORIES I WILL CHERISH
AND LIFE WITHOUT END
I'M GLAD YOUR MY BROTHER
I'M GLAD YOUR MY BEST FRIEND...
..
SAMMY YOU HAVE RIPPED THE HEARTS OUT OF SO MANY WHO LOVED YOU BY LEAVING TOO SOON, AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU LEFT A VOID BY LEAVING US TOO SOON. BUT KNOW THAT A DAY WILL NEVER PASS IN MY LIFETIME, THAT I WILL NOT THINK OF YOU OR CRY FOR YOU.I LOVE YOU MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF...
YOUR SISTER
TONI ANN
P.S. DENNIS SAID TO SAY HI TO COOL...I KNOW YOU ARE WITH ALL OF US
EVERY DAY..I FEEL YOU NEAR ME, SAY HI TO MOM AND DAD

My best friend, my lover, my life.
I go thru each day wondering how to get thru the next with out you in my life. I will love you forever and ever. I miss you so very much.
I Love You!

Theresa & Family;
Sorry to hear of your loss. Your family is in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

my uncle sambo,
you were and always will be in my heart and the man i looked up to. i miss you, i love you.

Sammy,

You were first my uncle, my brother and then best of all my friend forever. We had some great times together, we joked, we laughed, we cried but we always had fun. Riding quads with you and Frankie are memories that I will have for the rest of my life. I will miss you and always have you in my mind and in my heart.

Love dave

Sammy i love you with all my heart and i always have since mom and dad brought you home. will always love you and keep you in my heart. My beautiful little brother.

Your sister,
Sandra

Sammy,
You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. We love you
all.
Ron Huffmon and Family

Sammy,

Many years ago you called me SIS and I called you Bro. I will always remember you.

Goodbye Bro

Sammy, you were a great friend,
and I will miss you forever
JIMMY MASCIO

Sam, It's cousin MaryAnn Tardi, and I Love you cuz' & I will miss you terribly.

You & my brother had better behave until I get there, and then we can start the partying.

I Love You xoxoxoxo cousin MaryAnn Tardi

Offering our deepest condolences during this difficult time.