Lori Anne DiBello was born on March 11, 1980 to
Michael DiBello and Lori(now Corso). She leaves
behind a large family of many aunts, uncles
and cousins, and a lot of friends..
Lori is survived by me, her stepdad, Rich, her
father Michael, her sister Lindsey, stepbrothers
Rich and Bobby..
She is the granddaughter of Mike and Helen DiBello
and the late David and Mary Gibson.
Marie Schultz, my sister, is Lori's Godmother
and aunt and her godfather is her uncle
Jimmy DiBello.
Lori died on May 18, 2001 at the age of 21.
Lori died in a car accident along with her boyriend
Luke. They were backseat passengers and both were
ejected. The accident occurred on Roosevelt Blvd.
Lori wanted to be a nurse since the time she was
nine years old. Lori died 2 weeks before she
graduated from Frankford Hospital School of Nursing.
She died at Frankford Hospital Torresdale, Div.
where she was a student nurse, and worked as a
nurse's aid. Lori would have been an excellent
nurse, and that is why I will always give her the
RN title she worked so hard for.
Lori died on her grandmom DiBello's birthday.
It makes me so sad that it happened at all, let
alone on her grandmom's birthday, because her
grandmom lost her oldest daughter Jan, less
than a year before..
Lori was my first born daughter, and 21 months
later came her sister, Lindsey. They are both
my heart and soul. They grew up to be best
friends, and it makes me so sad to see our family
lost and broken. Lindsey lost her only sibling
and one of her best friends. Lindsey loved to
make Lori Laugh..
Lori came from a very large family with a lot of
aunts, uncles and cousins. She loved to play soccer
sing, dance, and she loved it when people made
her laugh. She loved to teach her sister and
cousins dances for our annual "block parties" at
her grandmom Gibson's house whom we all called
Mimi..
Lori loved her Mimi who is my mom. She would
practice her nursing skills on her, taking her
blood pressure, and taking care of her when she
was recovering from some of her hospital stays,
once she even moved in with my mom for 2 months
so she wouldn't be alone at night. They are now
Together in Heaven. My mom died ten months after
Lori.
Our lives will never be the same. Lori is missed
and loved by so many family and friends. We are
thankful for our many happy memories of Lori.
We had a lot of fun together in our family. We
thank God for the gift of having Lori in our lives.
It hurts every day to go on, like a piece of us
is missing, But Lori will always be a part of us.
Lori's Photos
Luke & Lori
Lori's Eulogy
Lori's Garden
Poetry
We had the first Nurse's
Ball in March, 2002 to raise money for a Memorial
Scholarship in Lori's name. We chose to have it in
March because I want to celebrate the time Lori
was born, not the time she died. It was a huge
success. It was a formal/semiformal affair
and everyone looked beautiful. It was a wonderful
tribute to Lori. Over three hundred people attended. We
could have had more if the hall was bigger. We
all came to celebrate Lori's life, and raise money
for her scholarship fund. Her scholarship is
presented to a student from her high school who will be attending Frankford Nursing School. We did so well with our event that we
initiated two more scholarships to be given in
Lori's name. One for an eighth grade graduate from
Lori's grade school, Our Lady of Consolation, who
will be attending St. Hubert and another for a
student in need at St. Hubert..
Lori DiBello,RN
