Birth date: Apr 4, 1941 Death date: Mar 10, 2012
Vincent F. Tropea Jr., 70, of North Syracuse, passed away Saturday at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Syracuse and worked for Solvay Iron Works for 50 years before retiring in 2011. Vincent lived and loved lif Read Obituary
💔 To this very day, I miss you more than words could ever express😢 I need my Pa😔
Happy Birthday Pop! Miss you.
Still 💔
Hey Dad, Happy 50th Anniversary up there!! We all miss you and Mom...
Mike
Hey Pop,
I hope you two are tearin' up the dance floor up there. I have the greatest picture of you, me and Gramps on my night stand that I talk to often. Visiting this sight to see if anyone still comments made me cry instantly right here at my desk. I as does Lisa miss you and Mom very very much. We have a lot of "Mom-isms" that we joke about and laugh every time we think of her in the stores and driving everyone nuts. She was really funny and it is a shame that we realize that after she is gone. I am sure that you are taking great care of her up their. Chloe is in school and doing great. You would be so proud of her. She talks about you and even cries when she holds pictures of you and Mimi. Yes, Mom wanted her to call her that...Please know you and Mom are still thought of often and will never leave our hearts. If you could send Geese a little sign and some love, I am positive she would appreciate it!
Miss you so much,
"Mike"
Hi Pa,
The holidays are over once again and I am still not certain I will ever be myself again since you & Mom have passed. It just doesn't seem to get easier like people said it would. I actually went into seclusion for most of the holidays... I know you wouldn't want me to feel this way, but I can't seem to help it.. I swear I am trying to get my life back to my old normal, but since Mom passed & went to meet you in heaven, I'm just stuck. I feel so lost without either one of you. I thought I would be at peace when I knew she would be with you again, but for some reason I feel empty instead of content. I have not asked you for much in my life because I was always grateful for whatever you gave to me, but I must ask you for this: Please give me peace in my heart & help me heal the emptiness & pain I feel over the loss of you & Mom... I need this more than anything to be able to move forward in my life & I haven't managed to find it on my own. I love & miss you Pa. I even miss Momma Bear too... I pray you are happily enjoying Heaven together on a big fluffy cloud dancing to the oldies.. So if you wouldn't mind sprinkling down some peace, love & happiness into my heart, I would be eternally grateful. You were are and always will be the best Pa a girl could ever ask for and I look forward to seeing you again one day...
I love you always,
Pumpkin (your baby, Lisa)
Dear Pa,
It has been nearly a year & 3 months since you went to Heaven... As you can see by me still going to this tribute page, I miss you tremendously... still....
I was hoping that the sadness in my heart would heal, but it hasn't. I have been able to mask it better though. I don't cry in front of everyone when I speak of you now, only when I'm alone do I release my anguish. I dream of you often yet most of the time you don't speak & I wonder... could it really be you just visiting me when I am in a vulnerable state of mind? I hope so.
It has been a very trying time since you passed... I'm certain you had no idea things would have turned out how they did. I hope that for the most part, you are ok with all of the decisions that were made. It certainly wasn't easy doing anything that has had to be done in the past year without having you to run it by and consult with first. I didn't know if I was capable of making big decisions without you because throughout my entire life, I always talked to you first when I was faced with a dilemma. I found myself seeking guidance from others but t was just not the same. Now I try to look deep inside myself & wonder "what would YOU do?" It has worked for the most part, but there are times when I just can't be as selfless as you were, I guess what I mean is that I don't want to sink with the ship so I stay afloat as best as I know how without letting things effect me in a bad way..
I miss you Pa... Every minute of every day.
Ps: You'll be happy to know that I'm not afraid of dying anymore. That's because I am now more certain than ever that there IS a Heaven & that it is beautiful & breathtaking because there is no way that God would take you & not lead you to somewhere glorious where you belong...
I love you, always,
~Lisa Marie~
Dear Vince,
From the first day I saw you at the gas station in Lakeland when you said "Little girl, you better put your top up because it looks like rain", I knew I was in love! It was definitely love at first sight. Then I was lucky one day when Bert Maestri introduced me to you. Just think, if we never got married, Vincent Michael, Lisa Marie & our grand daughter Chloe would not be able to be here today. We both knew that we were blessed to have children that were so good and that loved us so much.
You accepted me No matter what, from 108 lbs all the way to 208 lbs... You use to say to me, "If you gain 10 more pounds woman, I'm outta here!" but you never did leave because you loved me so so much, as I loved you.
Once you retired, my whole life changed. You were always over my shoulder & would even tell me how to cook the meals that I had been preparing for you for nearly 50 years. That was because you were always watching those cooking shows that you enjoyed so much.
When I think back to our "Jewel Manor" days, we had so much fun & had so many friends. They all loved you because they were so happy to have a neighbor like you. What other man do you know had " 3 wives " (as you liked to call us, including Carol, Amy & myself) with Judy Klein wanting to get on your list as wife # 4? They all stood by you in the last year of your life as you suffered. Every day I watched you and it was the hardest thing for me to see you like that. It really broke my heart when I could not help you. I would cry every night in bed because I loved you so much. You were the best father, husband & friend that anyone could ask for. Our children would say to me while you were sick to be strong & to not be so sad around you, it sure wasn't easy on my part, but I did it.
Every now and again I think about the times we would say "I'll meet you in the Situation Room" (our little joke) when we would disagree. Because as you and everyone else that is close to us knows, my favorite saying was " NO, I'll do it MY way!" You spoiled me rotten my entire life with you and now that you're gone, I don't know how to do anything at all! I need you back Vince, because I love you so much.
You should also know that I loved your family very much. Marcia was by your side the entire time. To think that even Father gave me the "OK", and soon after I knew that he and Mom Tropea loved me too.
This was the hardest thing I had to write in my entire lifetime. You would be proud of me if you could see me now. I miss you Vince, but just think, we will be together even after we are both gone because God wanted for us to do that...but in the meantime, I'm looking forward to spending time with our children ,who have been helping me "Big Time",(Vinny & Lisa), our son-in-law (Jaime) and our granddaughter(Chloe)...
Love you so, so much...
Your wife, Sandy
Hey Pop!
What a trooper your Daughter has been. She stayed back with Mom for a few more days to help her get more things in order. Lisa even saved her from running out of oxygen in TJ Maxx! Yes, she i still up to the same antics. I love her even more for that because as you know, I had to get back to the millions of Spring Breaker's at the Resort in Florida. Unlike Lisa, I am not waiting for the signs....you have already given me a few, and I love and appreciate you for that. I keep telling her, she will get hers, as she WAS your Pumpkin! She just needs to be patient. I really think that she felt you yesterday and the day before when her and Jaime found your eternal resting place. That will be the place that Lisa and I will go to talk to you when we visit. Thank you for the trees, the bird, the bench, the wings, the head phones and most of all the SU game I watched with you on my way home at 35,000 feet! I will continue to look for and feel you every day. Contrary to popular demand, I still have some Elmer's glue left in the bottle you gave me. I will help my Sister try to keep the plane flying straight!
I love you "Frankie", and I love Mom and Lisa very much too.
"Mike"
Vincent Michael
