Salvatore (Sam) Milazzo excelled at everything he did. After coming to the United States from Sicily at the age of 18, he learned to speak English, found a good job, and met and married the love of his life, Anna. Together, they raised two daughters and a son. They retired at a young age to Arizona, where Sam’s active lifestyle contributed to his unbelievable Ironman strength until the very end. He will always be remembered for the love he showed to his family and friends. He had a great sense of humor and loved parties, where he served up his famous homemade pizzas.
Salvatore was a loving husband to the late Anna Milazzo (Nee Quattrocchi), the best Father to Angela (David) Daniels, Annmarie (Jerry) Milazzo-Benuzzi, the late Nick (Patti) Milazzo, proud Papa to Carina, Alyssa (Mike), Joseph (Eric), Nicolas (Madeline), Sammy, Anna G., Angeli, Annamarie and Great-Papa to Sofia and Gia, dear brother of Pauline (Paul) LaLoggia, John, Frank, the late Jenny, Pearl, Nick, Tony, Joe, Gus, Angie, Rose, fond uncle of many nieces and nephews.
Family and friends are invited to attend the funeral mass at Immaculate Conception Church (7211 W. Talcott Ave., Chicago) at 11:30am on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. Live-stream of mass available at: www.icchicago.org. Entombment to follow at All Saints Cemetery, Immaculate Heart of Mary Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Nick J. Milazzo Immunotherapy Program at ICAN International Cancer Advocacy Network), 27 W. Morten Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85021-7246 - https://askican.org/namedprograms/nmilazzo.html, or to the Skokie Police Benevolent Fund, 7300 Niles Center Rd., Skokie, IL 60077.