Christopher Stella

At this time when we would have been celebrating our 50th reunion of graduation from St. Joseph College I miss both the college and fellow graduates like Chris. May they both Rest In Peace. When we are all celebrating our reward in heaven, we will relive our stories like leaving Merlinii hall during a slippery road snowstorm and doing a 180 into a snow bank on the way to an overnight stay at Bob Wariekas in Gary.

I just heard of Chris's passing. I played little league baseball against him we played many wiffle ball games in his back yard. He was quite the competitor. Great guy & great family. His parents and my parents were good friends. RIP Chris.

My family and I lived two doors down from Chris and his family at 99th & Normal. We went to the same grade school, played baseball in the street on 99th and threw snowballs in the Winter. I remember him always with a big wad of bubble gum and he never had a cavity. We would all chase down the Good Humor truck for ice cream in the summer. I remember him and his dad Big Chris with their baseball uniforms on going to little league games. Those were wonderful days and I have often thought...

I went to grade school with Chris at St Helena and we got in a lot of trouble together with the nuns. Then I ran into him again at St Joes. He was a lot of fun and I was sorry to hear of his passing. A friend from St Joes told me on August 19th. My condolences to the family.

So very sorry for your loss. Chris was a great friend to Scott and our whole family. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Jill Alexander Benson

I Oren got a ride from Chris to hometown train station, to grab a train to downtown Chicago. I believe he was one of the passengers on the night that WOWI, the Campus radio station announced freshman year that a steam problem was closing st. Joe for a week. We took off for Gary where the big bodine(Bob Warieka) was willing to let us stay at his parents til morning. Driving in the snow led to a spin that got the car rear end in a snow bank. We all could have died in 66-67 winter instead of...

So sorry for your loss.
Ruthann Lawson-Todd