Katie Diercks
Sam was my dad's best friend since before he met my mom, so for sure my entire life, he was my uncle Sam.. Sam has been there for our family on lots of occasions, things that would have been alot more difficult had he not been there to soften the blow, he loved all of us.. His favorite thing to call me was the "shingle bringer" due to the one time me and Mike Graziano helped him and my dad replace a roof and they had us bring the shingles, we were young then but he has called me that ever since that day.. Sam was so funny, and animated, I loved to watch him, just the gestures that only he did, i can picture in my mind.. Or that, us girls, including my mama knew that if we ever needed anything at all, we could call Sam and he'd help us, and like I said he was the BEST friend to my dad, brothers.. I don't think my dad was ever in the hospital that Sam didn't come and visit, even if he had to tell them that he was immediate family, no one was gonna stop him, in the end when my dad stopped seeing anyone, besides family, Sam was allowed, well my dad didn't have a choice really, Sam was coming in no matter what.. Those are the things that I will think of when I think of Sam... Thank you Sam.. We love you and you will be missed...