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Cemetery Location Map to Gravesite |
Birth Date: 6/9/1922
Death Date: 2/13/1993
Washington Park East Cemetery
First President's, Section W 16, Level 8, Crypt 97
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| I present this tribute for my Grandpa Sam. He died when I was 15 years old on the coldest day of February 1993. He was in the US Coast Guard working as a cook during World War 2. My grandfather was a kind and generous man that did not like to be in public that much after my grandmother Margie died in 1980. He was a very loving man that cared deeply about his family. He was the only man I knew that could flip pancakes without using a spatula and nit get them stuck to the ceiling. He was also the only man I knew that could make popcorn in a skillet and not burn it. His sister Gertrude Essig-Cochran, who resides in Long Beach, California, survived him. |
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This dapper man was asked to leave the premises of the Stardust because he was said to have been counting cards. He wasn't, he just didn't gamble.
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Remember the Gremlin? His sister Gertrude is sitting next to him.
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This is Sam holding his only and favorite granddaughter as she sleeps in his chair, March 1979.
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Someone doesn't like to wear ties. Steve's wedding with his parents & soon to be in-laws. Sam is pushing Margie.
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US Coast Guard picture of Sam. All dressed up and ready to go.
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Sam & Marjorie after getting married before Sam was shipped off to sea.
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