Remembering Fred DiMatteo

[Ferdinando Di Matteo <aroctech@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On behalf of the family of Fred DiMatteo (his children, grandchildren, 
sisters, and numerous nieces and nephews) we extend our gratitude for 
your outpouring of thoughts and sympathies. We are especially 
appreciative of all the warm comments made but particularly grateful 
for the friendships over the years. He was very proud and thankful he 
could contribute. It meant everything to him.
I read all the e-mail messages and cards sent to him while he was 
fighting for his life in the hospital. He cried and wished he could go 
home to get on the computer and respond. He wished he could help more 
people. It is ironic that in his later years he was confined to the 
computer and telephone when in his younger and mobile days he would 
make "HOUSE" calls so to speak. I remember many occasions when if an 
Alfisiti was having problems somewhere near where he lived, and 
couldn't get rolling, he would venture out (often in the middle of the 
night) with tools and parts to help the stranded person.
He was a loyal and dedicated Alfisiti who always wanted to do more. He 
left a list of things he wanted to do that would take a small army to 
achieve. He was always thinking, right up to the very end. May we all 
have the energy and skills to achieve what he did. The honor awarded 
him by AROC at the last convention, and the presentation at Orlando 
last October made him cry. I remember him scooting around the Portofino 
Hotel courtyard looking at all the cars and talking to his friends with 
a big smile on his face. There are lots of memories. We will always 
remember you.
Again, on behalf of the family, we thank you sincerely. Maybe I'll see 
some of you in Fort Lauderdale this July at the convention.
Peter DiMatteo. 
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