Ralph P. DeStephano

Dear Ralph,
I am so sorry for your loss, I just found out through Judy Ruf. Your father was a wonderful man and did so much for the community. You and your family will be in our prayers.

Dear Ralph and Maria,
I will never forget your dad and will always remember him as the driving, energetic force behind the Italian American Community Center in Gates which he championed. I and my husband Mauro Ciardi met him in 1993 at which time he inspired us with his persistent and optimistic personality in believing we could build an IACC for our Italian community. Our dream came through mostly by following his tenatious phylosophy. We felt bad we could not be there at the time of...

My deepest sympathy goes to the DeStephano family. I just recently learned of his passing. I became very close to Ralph and Bette while working as manager of the Greece office of First National Bank. I was so glad to see them about 4 months ago at the Brook House. He will be truly missed and was a wonderful man.

I remember helping Ralph cater his meetings when i use to work at Pino's ten years ago and also taking care of him at Parkridge. He was an unforgetable man.

To the DeStephano Family; working with Ralph for more than 13 years on the DeStephano Golf Classic, and sharing time with him at various Unity Health System events allowed me to appreciate that he was much more than an asset to Unity and the community as a whole...Ralph was a true gentleman in everything he did, and for that above all else, I will miss him so very much. Certainly this loss to the DeStephano family is heartfelt by everyone who knew Ralph. With my deepest sympathy.

My deepest sympathy to the DeStephano family. My father, Tom Cerniglio passed away last July was Ralph's friend for many years and one of my father's favorite pastimes was to play cards with Ralph and the rest of their group at Oak Hill on Thursdays.

Fran Lipani
Penfield, New York

Our deepest sympathy to your family.

Ralph was instrumental in helping us place my Mother at Edna Tina Wilson Living Center.

We will forever be in his debt.

The Special Care Unit of Unity Hospital will miss Mr. Ralph DeStephano greatly.

God must have needed help upstairs and he knew exactly who to call, that would be Ralph. We only met once, in ED, and I always considered myself lucky to have met him. Truly an inspiration even when he was not feeling well. What a guy - one of a kind. Condolences to family.