the two of you will have to live with the facts that
#1 - I still have ALL of Frank BELONGINGS, HIS CHILDREN and the MEMORIES. None of which you all will ever have.
#2 - You both have made such a beautiful web site for Frank ! Why, out of guilt, when was the last time a phone conversation was had ? Even after being given a week, Roe still coudn't attend her BELOVED BROTHERS service. I gave you plenty of time to drive here.
#3 - May you both receive back what you hand out in life.

Hello Sir,
I never had the privilege of meeting you in life. I simply happened upon your memorial page tonight, as I'm...depressed, and searching. For what it's worth, I'm sure that you were a good man, and I hope that I will see you on the other side. Anyway, take care.
Respectfully,
David L. Ortman

My heart goes out to you. I am so very sorry for the loss of your brother and father..I recently lost my fiance (august 19th 07) to suicide. Our heart's are joined in the same sorrow and I feel the pain of what this has done not just to me but to so many like me I will never meet. I just want you to know your not alone...I will keep you and your dearly loved brother and father in my most heart felt prayer's.May they be at peace and I hope that you are surrounded by angel's of Love and beauty..Be well, Be strong, and believe in miracle's of great healing..Love, Jill

I'm so sorry for what happened to Francesco. Was he going through an undiagnosed depression or something?? I'm very sorry for his passing.

May God give you strength to move on and never forget him. May he rest in peace and be with God for eternity. May God bless you and your family.

God bless you,
Leana Jo Hover

I never had the pleasure of meeting you, but i had the pleasure of meeting someone who speaks so highly of you, Niquea. Your dagughter who misses you terriably. I lost my father just a few years ago, in the same situation. You were a lucky man! May you sleep in peace

K

I am so sorry to hear of the loss of both your brother and father. I too have a brother and father who I am very close to and I can't even imagine what you may be going through even now. There are certain things that we never want to experience and that is the death of our loved ones. No matter how often it occurs we can never get used to it. As it is to me, I hope you will be able to be comforted by GOd's word. In it we are promised that in the near future death will be brought to an end (Isaiah 25:8). As you wait to be reunited with your brother and father (John 5:28,29)our prayers are with you.

Caro Frank, ci siamo incontrati un paio di volte in italia, eravamo troppo piccoli per ricordare. Entrambi figli primogeniti dei gemelli Colombo, Teresa e Umberto, entrambi di nome Franco. Da grandi non ci siamo mai incontrati, di te mi giungevano notizie di tanto in tanto. Qui da un po' di anni i miei amici hanno iniziato a chiamarmi Frank, ed io ho accettato la cosa, così, per via del nome e dell'età simile, ti consideravo scherzosamente come un mio gemello dall'altra parte dell'oceano. Chissà se abbiamo qualcosa in comune, non saprei dire. Leggendo le testimonianze sul sito in tua memoria, ho iniziato a capire qualcosa di te. Guardando e riguardando le foto che fermano alcuni momenti della tua vita, ho provato a immaginare chi sei: mi è venuta voglia di conoscerti di persona. Ma ora non sembra più possibile. Dal segno che hai lasciato negli altri comprendo che eri un tipo speciale. Caro Frank, mi rattrista molto la tua decisione di partire ma voglio farti sapere che ho pieno rispetto del tuo destino. Penso che l'esistenza di ognuno sia ciclica, come le stagioni, le maree, le fasi della luna, tutto va e viene continuamente, vita , morte e poi di nuovo vita... se così è, ritorna presto Frank! Spero di incontrarti e riconoscerti! Adesso, ovunque tu sia, ti abbraccio per tutte le volte che non è stato possibile farlo. Ciao,
Frank Caniatti
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Beloved Frank, we met a couple of times in Italy, we were too young to remember. Both first born sons of the Colombo twins, Teresa and Umberto, both named Franco. Growing up we have never met each other. I received news about you every so often. In the last few years my friends began to call me Frank, and I accepted this, so, by means of the same name and almost the same age, I considered you, jokingly, as my twin living at the other side of the ocean. Who knows if we have something in common, I would not know to say.

Reading the posts on the site dedicated to you, I started to understand something about you. Looking and seeing the photographs that caught some instants of your life, I tried to imagine who you are: I wished to be acquainted with you.

But now it does not look possible. From the mark that you left in others I understand that you were a special person.

Dear Frank, I am very sad by your decision to leave but I want to let you know that I have total respect of your destiny/fate. I think that the existence of everyone is cyclical, like the seasons, the tides, the phases of the moon, all goes and turns back uninterruptedly, life, death and again life... if that is the way it is, then come back soon Frank! It hope to meet you and to recognize you! Now, wherever you are, I hug you for all the times that I could not do it. Ciao, Frank Caniatti

LAST TIME THAT I MET YOU, YOU WERE STILL A LITTLE BOY...THEN I CAME BACK AND YOU WERE ALREADY A FATHER SINCE SEVERALS YEARS, BUT YOU WERE NOT THERE. AT LEAST THAT WAS WHAT I WAS THINKING, INSTEAD YOU WERE THERE WITH ME AND WITH ALL OF US AND YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE US. BYE FRANKIE YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY HEART.
AMILCARE
(L' ULTIMA VOLTA CHE TI HO VISTO ERI ANCORA UN BAMBINO, POI SONO TORNATO CHE ERI GIA PAPA` DA PARECCHI ANNI, MA TU NON C'ERI. ALMENO ERA QUELLO CHE CREDEVO, INVECE TU ERI LI CON ME E CON NOI E NON CI LASCERAI MAI PIU`. CIAO FRANKIE SEI SEMPRE NEL MIO CU0RE)

WHEN YOU WERE 10 YEARS OLD I LEFT YOUR HOME TO COME BACK TO ITALY. I REMEMBER YOU CRIED A LOT, YOU DID'NT WANTO ME TO LEAVE. TODAY I DO CRY FOR YOUR LEAVING, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THAT 10 YEARS OLD LITTLE BOY CRYING FOR ME. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
EGLE
(QUANDO AVEVI 10 ANNI HO LASCIATO LA TUA CASA PER TORNARE IN ITALIA. MI RICORDO CHE IN QUELLA OCCASIONE HAI PIANTO MOLTO, NON VOLEVI CHE ME NE ANDASSI. OGGI PIANGO PER TE CHE CI HAI LASCIATO, NEL MIO CUORE RESTERAI SEMPRE IL "BAMBINO DI 10 ANNI" CHE NON VOLEVA FARMI PARTIRE. TI VORRO` SEMPRE BENE)

I was looking through memorial sites and came across yours. I lost my only daughter (16) to suicide on April 11, 2005. I really liked your sight and your dad seems like such a cool dad. I can only imagine what you are feeling. You have to grow up without a father and I have to grow old without my daughter. You won't get walked down the isle by your dad and I will never see my daughter walk down the isle.
I just wanted to stop and say be strong and please know that there had to be a reason for this, at least in my case and someday you will find out what that reason is, even though it just isn't fair.
Take care,
Lynette
mom of Brittany
11/29/88-4/11/05

roe i was saddened to hear of franks passing. we lived in the same neighborhood and went to high school together. he will surely be missed.