"WHAT A bEAUTIFUL dAY When We MEET / Jim Ezzell Hi i didn't know Frankie,but as i was on visiting my daughters memorial site,i stumbled on Frankie's,such a handsome young man ,as much as my beautiful daughter, who passed away in 2006 just after her birthday.I know the pain an anguish that you are going through,an it gets so painful at times that i feel i can't go another day, but through GOD'S help an all my friends an relatives,i am taking one day at a time.I know Frankie an my daughter (pamela) is walking in pure health,an peace,an is keeping watch over us.If there ever was an ANGEL in Heaven it surely would be Frankie an Pamela,singing the songs that the Heavenly Angles are listening to.My condolensences to you and all your family,i share the pain with you.
A Sure & A Wonderful Hope / DI Gordon May I too offer my condolences to you for the loss of Francesco. Indeed an energetic and caring young man. He has left you many beautiful memories to make your heart smile. Hold on to them. I also lost my son at a young age and wish to share with you the comfort and hope shared with me. Fore example in John chapter 11 Jesus shares his account of his friend Lazarus who had died. It tells us in John 11:33,35 he "groaned in the spirit and became troubled" and shortly afterward he "gave way to tears." But what Jesus said and did when he arrived in Bethany was a cause for astonishment for the family and townspeople who had gathered. When Jesus arrived Lazarus had already been put to rest in his memorial tomb four days earlier. After Jesus prayed to his heavenly Father (John 11:41,42) he called, "Lazarus, come out!". To the amazement of all Laazarus walked out with his burial wrappings on him. Jesus had resurrected Lazarus and returned him to his family and friends. This is why Jesus said in John 5:28, "Donot marvel at his , the hour is coming when all those in their memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out." Jesus later had the same Apostle John who wrote the Gospel, write the book of Revelation. In Revelaton 21:4 it reads: "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be any more. The former things have passed away." ... Can you imagine death itself "have passed away"! Verse 5 continues, "and the One seated on the throne said: Look! I am making all things new." Also, he says: "Write, because these words are faithful and true." ... A guarantee and in writing! It's no wonder in Psalm 37:29 it reads, "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it." ... What an absolute thrill to look forward to seeing Francesco again running to meet you with outstretched arms and beautiful smile. There is a free brochure that explains it even more along with practical help during this grievous time for you. It is entitled 'When Someone You Love Dies'. It is available free from any one of Jehovah's Witnesses you may come in contact with or call a local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses to make your request. Also, somef funeral homes carry it. Draw close to God in prayer, and the Bible promises that "he himself will sustain you." May God's Word and peace and holy spirit support you during this difficult time.
Hi Camille, Just want to say how much I feel inside for you. You are one of the kindest people I have ever met in all my years at Saint Ephrem's. From Pre-K where our boys first met, to Prom night when we were scrambling all over for suits, with Christopher screaming out the window the whole time. We had so much fun that night, and those are the memories I will keep close in my heart.
You know I am here and always thinking of you. You can call me 24/7/365. I will be up and ready to go where ever you need to, I will listen forever. Don't forget you have to take me with you to visit Frankie.
Love You Forever Lorraine
The ones who light up the room / Lesley Dear Camille
What can you say to a mother who loses a beautiful boy like your Frankie? It seems to me that it's the beautiful brave ones who go too soon - the ones who light up the room, the ones who always make us feel special.
When I lost my son Mark (also at 17) two years ago I didn't think I could live a day without him. Someone told me it's good to share with parents who have been bereaved for longer so I wanted to reach out and tell you that our sons never leave us. No matter how awful the anguish, there are always signs that their spirits are around and I hope that you will feel Frankie near you.
Please visit Mark's legacy section and read the many confirmations we have had that he is still here with us - we just can't hold him or see him but love is eternal. I believe that.
Much love across the miles. I wish I could take away your pain because I have been there, I am still there, and it is very very hard.
My condolences / Steve Loff (father of hannah and jacob loff ) My deepest and sincerest condolences...I feel your pain. God bless you in these tough times.
Steve Loff, father of Hannah and Jacob Loff
Very sorry for your loss / Arlene &. George Fraioli (Friend to Stephen/Angela ) Camille and boys -- our deepest sympathy to you and your family.........heaven has gained another Angel........our thoughts and prayers are with you all.........
So Very Sorry for Your Loss / Melissa Eiler (Visitor~Daughter of Irwin & Renee Eiler )
Thanks for sharing they way you love each other / Maria Lourdes Ortecho (Padre Pio Group ) I am from Peru, and knew about Frankie by his mother Camille, since then I could feel all the loving care you have been sharing through all this. Thank you very much for sharing this with us, it has been a priviledge to pray with and for you. You are the best image for me of the love of our Adorable Almighty God. Now I have another friend in heavens to help me to pray for others here. Thank you so much again.
I'm sorry for your loss / Jennifer I was just passing through and saw this beautiful young man so vibrant and full of life....I am so sorry for your loss. Life is unfair, so unfair...I will never understand why things like this happen to good people. I will pray for you and your family. Fly Free young soul, fly free.....
Sharing Frankie. . . / Jeanette And Joan Salerno (Friends of Frankie's Mom )
Dear Frankie, We never met you, but we came to know you through your Mom at the Padre Pio Prayer Group online. We felt your faith, love and courage. We felt your true devotion to Jesus and your close friend, St. Padre Pio. All this was a clue to your purity of heart. But now we know you much better, through all the things your family and friends have shared about you on this website. And purity of heart you were! And are! With your passionate concern for others who were ill or less fortunate, you enlightened us all--that every day counts and there is always something we can do, even in the most difficult of times. In your brief time, you etched a message and memory for all, that young people can do so much good in the world! Others will follow your lead. As Padre Pio said, his real mission would begin after he was gone. In God's mysterious ways, so will yours. You have become someone for everyone. We pray that thought is some consolation for your family and friends. Jeanette and Joan Salerno
The Eulogy I gave at Frankie's burial mass / Gennaro Anzalone Eulogy For a Friend BY Gennaro Anzalone
No one could have asked for a better friend than Francesco Loccisano.
I first met Francesco when he would stay at his grandparent’s house across the street from mine. I would walk my dog and his brother Chris would always come across to play with the dog, while Francesco would stay on his stoop and smile that warm but shy grin and wave. So I went across the street and introduced myself. Since then we’ve been best friends, hanging out everyday and night, you just couldn’t separate us.
Frankie was one of those rare friends who I was able to talk about anything with. He was a great reader, and used his knowledge and memory well. He was never one to pass judgment on his friends, and I respected him for that.
When Francesco did speak, you could tell he was going to be a great lawyer someday. He was very intelligent and passionate about whatever he believed in and liked a good argument. We would discuss anything from the Legend of Zelda to the Yankees to politics and Frankie always spoke with his heart and backed up his words with logic and reason that made him seem to me more mature and wiser than our peers.
Some of my best memories with Francesco were the days that Camille would wake up and decide that she wanted to go on a road trip. Francesco, Christopher, and I would pile into the car, not even caring where we were going, but we always knew we were heading on a fun adventure.
I can only try to look back at the times we’ve spent together and remember all the good memories we shared over the years. Christina, the family’s poet-in-residence, spoke to me about the poem “Death Be Not Proud.” I read it, and I say ‘Rave on, John Donne’. Souls are God's jewels, and my friend Francesco’s light will always shine the brightest in Heaven.
I know that never again we will share the joy of just hanging out, or watching our favorite movies late at night together. I will never again wrestle with Francesco, nor will we play stoopball or touch football with the other guys on 85th street.
Although God has taken my friend from me physically, with every step I take Francesco will always be in my heart, mind, and soul.
A new Saint in Heaven has arrived....Frankie / Stephen Trimboli (Uncle) Dear Frankie,
I was on the phone with your Nanny (my Aunt Jay) when you came home from Poly Prep and said your knee was in pain. Nanny said to me let's hang up and call Camille, from that day on it was the greatest battle that you and your mother would ever face. A battle that no one would ever know the brave and courageous fight you put up with your mother by your side always. Their will never be another you and their will never be another mother like yours. I tried so hard on my visits with you to always make you and Mom laugh over some story, and we know the stories Frankie, but inside my pain was so strong because I wanted you to be cured, you had so much to offer in your life and so much for your mother to be proud of and we couldn't bear to lose you. I will never forget as long as I live, the picture of you in bed with your mother holding your hands looking into your eyes that could not open any longer, with the hope of a miracle even as you were preparing to leave us. Nanny sitting next to you watching her beautiful grandson suffering. I couldn't take it any more, I didn't know what to do. No one was prepared to let go. But in death you left a mark on this earth that will be remembered for gerantions to come. A mark no other can compare. Your wake and funeral mass speaks for itself of the kind of boy your were and you touched so many lives. You were Nanny's shinning star; of couse Frankie, Nanny loves all her granchildren. Thousands of people pass through Sloan Kettering, but you will always be remembered there as the brave teenage boy managing his own illness with the doctors and his mother by his side. We will never let you memory die, we will keep you alive in our hearts, spirit and actions that will last forever! Watch over your Mom, Dad, Brothers, Grandparents and the Family. Pray for them to get through each day without you. Frankie, I read the following poem and I can hear you sayning this to us: Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there: I do not sleep. I am a thouand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the autumn's gentle rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight, I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there; I did not die. Love you Frankie, Uncle Stephen
Our Precious Angel / Betty Milia (Camille's cousin ) Dear Frankie, The last time we saw you, you were so positive and hopeful. I was sure that you would be with us for a long time. But God had other plans for you, Our Precious Angel. The following is not original, but I feel it is appropriate...... I'm in a place where I can be free. I've found a whole new beginning made just for me. I know only peace and feel no pain. Days are full of sunshine and never rain. All of my dreams become my truth, I can smile, I can laugh, I can walk, I can run, I can hear every whisper. I can see past the sun. My body is whole, my mind is so clear. I know all the answers and I'm freed from fear. I know why you mourn me. I see how you weep! Your heart is full of aching from a love that was deep. And I am grateful for loved ones that hold me so dear. But, remember, I've found a better place here. I'll be there beside you, always nearby. So don't mourn me for long nor forever cry. And whenever your sorrows bear down your heart, think not of my ending, but of my new start. On earth there is no joy that I'd ever see, to compare to the joy of God smiling at me.
DEAR FRANKIE / NICOLE ALLEN (A FRIEND ) DEAR FRANKIE, WE HAVE NEVER MET, I MET YOUR MOM WHEN SHE STARTED TO WORK AT AG EDWARDS. SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL WOMAN I'VE EVER MET AND ALL HER CO-WORKERS AT EDWARDS WILL BACK ME UP ON THIS. SHE WOULD OFTEN TALK ABOUT HER WONDERFUL SONS AND WE CAME TO KNOW YOU BROTHERS BY NAMES AND YOUR ADVENTURES. WHEN I HEARD OF YOUR ILLNESS, I OFTEN PRAYED FOR YOU, CAMILLE AND YOUR FAMILY FOR STRENGTH FROM GOD TO DEAL. LAST YEAR, ME AND ANOTHER DEAR CO-WORKER TO CAMILLE GAVE BLOOD AT THE CANCER CENTER FOR YOU. IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME DONATING BLOOD. WE WERE HAPPY THAT WE DID IT WITH YOU IN MIND. I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN ORDER TO HELP OTHER CANCER PATIENTS, WHILE REMEMBERING YOU, FRANKIE. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE WATCHING OVER YOUR MOM AND YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT LOVED ONES DO. GOD NEEDED HIS ANGEL BACK IN HEAVEN. HEY, FRANKIE, SAY HELLO TO MY MOM FOR ME.
For Frankie and the ones who love him (including me) / Vimal (Through Christina ) I didn't know Frankie personally but I have known him through Christina when he was battling with cancer and I loved him and always will. And when she said he passed away when I met (online) her after a long gap, I was in a state of shock because even if I did not know him personally I always felt an attachment. And today when I read about him I felt that his character is just like mine. May be it is an amazing coincidence that I wrote a poem for him understanding his character even if I did not know him personally (but through Christina) when he was battling with the cancer. I know (through my intuitions/analysis) that his character was pure and genuine and he will always live forever where it matters the most..in our hearts. And if a person lives in our heart forever then he is a great person. And Frankie was and is a great person. He is not dead. He is alive in our hearts forever comforted by our love and respect for him for being a great human being. Angels are made of pure hearted people. I think God wanted another Angel. Frankie's mom...be happy and proud that your son is always remembered as a great human being and now he is living forever in our hearts and he is also the Angel.
Poem about Frankie / Christina Bruno (Cousin/Godsister) "You and Me" by Christina Bruno
we lie on old sheets woven by archiac aunts life, hybrids, politics
a stub is somewhere admist organic apple juice cocktails along with sprouting weeds found by old rockaway and seafoam canvas
we feast on rice rooted ice cream and rachel carson's favorite greens
all the beer in belmar is an eight grade cafeteria break and you are vegas in november
05/11/2006
Author's Note: i love my cousin <3
My Best Friend / Christina Bruno (First Cousin/Godsister ) You were my best friend and confidant. I dont know how we will go on without you. You were a lending, honest ear. You were the most wonderful person in the world. I miss you every second of everyday. Love, Christina
What a beautiful tribute! I lost my daughter Jill in 2002..she was 18, I assume the same age as Frankie! I pray that they meet in Heaven, and become great friends...and that we all meet again with our beloved Padre Pio!
You are in my prayers.
Jim Abbott
To My Beloved Nephew / Lucy Bruno (Frankie's aunt ) Frankie,
On September 14, 2007, you were taken from this earth. My heart is shattered, but I will not allow your spirit to be gone from me.
I see you when I see a soldier returning from a tour of duty, for you have taught me what the true meaning of courage is.
I hear you when I hear children laughing and playing, for you taught me that we all have an inherent innocence that can be transformed to kindness and goodness for mankind.
I feel you when I feel the sun warm my face for you have taught me that the sun will shine and the seasons will change, but that we must perservere and never give up on our hopes and dreams.
My solace is in the comfort that your life has touched so many. The courage, faith and hope you displayed will remain with me throughout my life.
I love you and miss you more than words could ever express. As promised, I will always watch over your mother, Christopher and Nicky. I love them with all my heart.
I will miss you forever,,,,,
Love, Aunt Lucy
To our beloved Grandson / Nanny And Grandpa Orrichio Frankie, your Grandfather and I just can not deal with the sorrow and disbelief that you are gone from us. We love you so much and we miss you so much. We do not understand why God would take a beautiful 17 year old boy but we know that we still must remain faithful and hopeful.
We can not wait until the day when we are all together again. We will love you for eternity, our beautiful grandson.
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