Brother Sam, I was always impressed with your tremendous energy and enthusiasm. Your fantastic outlook on life was an inspiration to all of us. We will miss you.........
"Soft and safe to thee my brother, be thy resting place. Bright and glorious be thy rising from it. May the earliest buds of spring unfold their beauties o'er they resting place, and there may the sweetness of the summer's last rose linger longest. Though the winds of Autumn may destroy the loveliness of their existence, yet the destruction is not final, and in the springtime, they shall surely bloom again. So, in the bright morning of the resurrection, thy spirit shall spring into newness of life and expand in immortal beauty, in realms beyond the skies. until then, dear brother, until then, farewell".