Dean R. De Valerio
March 7, 1959 ~ February 1, 2014
Dean De Valerio, age 54 of Wyoming, MN (formerly of St. Paul, MN) passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, February 1st. He is preceded in death by his Mother Mary Lou and Sister Christine. He is survived by Brother Edward, Father Ronald, and other loving relatives and friends. He will be deeply missed by his fiance, Dawn and his adopted family; Connie, Mackenzie, Brandon, Sam, Betsy, Jermaine, Xzavier, Andrea, Kayla and especially the Diabetes Online Community, of which he was an active and deeply loved participant. A gathering to remember Dean will be held at Country Inn Suites in Vadnais Heights 3505 Vadnais Center Drive on Wednesday, February 12th from 5-8pm .
Dean is a great guy that understands the feelings and emotions what a person with diabetes goes through, and fights hard to defend the “minorities” during debates. He was fun, witty and always there to lend a support to those struggling with whatever they are going through.
You will definitely be missed dearly my friend.
De Valerio Family:
At times like these you feel the sting of death and see how much an enemy death is. May the God of all comfort and tender mercies (2 Cor 1:3,4) hold you in His arms till the pain you feel now subsides and happy memories sustain. God will wipe the tears of pain from all our hearts forever and tears of joy will had by all when death is brought to nothing and we are reunited with our loved ones forever again (Rev 21:3,4)
I never got to meet Dean in person,just online. He was a sweet and caring man. I will miss his humor, he always made me smile.
Dean you are deeply missed by so many. You have improved the lives of an unbelievable amount of people. Thanks for being like an Uncle to me and such an amazing man to Dawn. You made us all better people and had such a big impact in our lives. Even people who never met you felt your love and knew how great you were. Rest in peace. ♥
Though we never met other then comments on eachothers FB,.I Could tell that Dawn had a super great,fun,warm hearted guy that she fell in love with,. and also that other members of my family called you Uncle and new granddaddy’.It warms my heart knowing that you gave so much to them.Thank You- through that happiness you shared and by talking to them know they loved you dearly and you left behind much more then you know.May God be with you and your family and my condolences to all. I wish we could of met but know you have touched my heart as well.
Live on in heaven where you will have no worries about health or anything else. Look down from there and see the difference you made in so many lives. They won’t forget you. Rest in peace, Dean.
DEAN .. YOU will not be forgotten. I only meet u a few times. But I will not forget the time you and Dawn drove down to White Bear just to meet me for the first time. What a surprise to meet a great guy. Thank you for being a great person to enter my life, Dawns, my children and grand children in to your life. IT was a great time to share Christmas with you even thou it was a short time that we shared. You made time for me and my family to be a part of your life. Fly high. You are another bright star in the sky. That will not be forgotten.
and he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be any more. The former things have passed away. Revelation 21:4
A bright future for a nice person.
Sometimes people never meet face to face but they do meet heart to heart. As a mom to a child with T1 diabetes, you taught me so much. You held me up when I was down and feeling guilty. You showed me that the most important thing about having a child with Type 1 diabetes was just to love her. I didn’t have to know all the answers, have perfect blood glucose levels or a 5.8 A1c, I just had to do my best and just love my daughter. You were so funny and sarcastic. Before I knew you I saw one of your comments and thought, “Gee what a butthead!!” lol But then I got to know you and I am so glad I did. You were such an inspiration to this mom. The happiest I saw you was when Dawn came back into your life. While the time you two had together was too short, what blessings you were to each other. Some people spend their whole lives looking for that kind of love. Goodbye for now my friend. One day we will all be together again. Until then, please eat an extra cupcake for Jasmine and check in on my little sugar baby now and then. XX
Will sure miss you – God bless you and be with you
My cohort in the great corn wars, and the state fair food on sticks, and love of music…old and new, and keeping it real for kids who just want cake sometimes. Rest in peace my friend. May heaven let your light shine down.
Dean. DOC brings many of together to share and that you did..your humor helped often. Please do me a favor up in heaven..give my twin a hug from me and let her know I am fine..she also passed from T1 d 30 years ago.. please watch over all of us and thank tou..RIP
Thank you for all the laughs, smiles, and day brighteners. Thank you for being my pallie. You left quite an imprint in everyone’s hearts. Goodnight, funny man. Until we meet again.
Dean . You are very much loved, and missed by all that knew you. I had the honor, and privilege of being your friend. You left an indelible mark in my heart and soul Dean. You are one in a million. ♥. ☺
May you be at Peace and may your pocket now be filled only with Love & Joy. Spread your wings and fly…
When you thought nobody else could possibly understand what you were going through Dean could relate. Somehow you didn’t feel so alone. He made you feel like you were special and became a very loyal friend even if we never met in person. We will meet one day and I will look forward to this.
Like many others – I met Dean thru’ the DOC (diabetic online community). As a Type 1 diabetic of 50 years – much the same as Dean – i felt like he was my better looking / better telling naughty jokes then I am “twin” (okay – I have some facial hair – it’s all about our silly hormonal issues with diabetes – okay???). I will miss his humour – how he could make something serious seem not so bad. Dean – you will be missed – but grant me – NEVER EVER FORGOTTEN by this Canadian gal!!!! Save me the best seat on the couch when we next meet up in the life beyond!!!!!!
Dean has been one of my best online friends – I came into contact with him in early 2009 through a diabetes related e-forum. Later, I became a member of the several diabetes related, music related and movie related Facebook groups that he started. In his every online posting, I could sense his sense of humour, his open heartedness, his friendliness, his empathy and above all his love for others. My heartfelt condolences to Dawn and all other family members. I will miss you very much, Dean.
Dean was a wild and crazy guy who will never be forgotten. Dawn, I was really missing you guys at yesterday’s meet up and to come home to the news of his passing nearly knocked me over.
Dean had a wonderful sense of humor and wasn’t afraid to voice his opinion, but he always had to time ask me how I was feeling.
I still don’t get how we can be here one minute and gone the next, and will never have the answer.
I am grateful that the last year of his lie was filled with a loving relationship, and that you guys had a wonderful Christmas together.
May his memory be blessed!!!
Dean helped me through my scary time during and just after my initial diagnosis of diabetes. While I have never physically knew him, he has touched my life.
Deano… what can I say. Doesn’t seem real.
So many memories, so many Dean’isms, so many insightful and wise thoughts. I’ll always appreciate getting to share a brief window of time with you, friend.
And I’ll never forget that damn pocket of yours…
Dean, I hope that your spirit is free and where ever you may be my dear friend, that light, love and peace surround you. Dean I always looked forward to your post and comments on my page. It warmed my heart when you would like one of my pictures I have taken over the years to share. You always brought laughter into my life. I hope that one day we will meet again. Your are now free from diabetes. Be free my friend, be free.
I use to look forward to Deans rantings and hilarious take on diabetes and life. He made me laugh, made me think, and made he glad to know him. I already miss him and his generous sense of humor. I was either thinking deeply or laughing whenever Dean and I would converse or post. He made me dig a little deeper into my diabetes life and its implications. He was one of the best…and one of my favorite people I have met in the D.O.C. A good guy with a really big heart who positively impacted a lot of people.
I will always miss Dean, he was a great guy with a wonderful sense of humor. I’m glad I got to meet him in 2011. We had wonderful online chats. Dean and Dawn had a wonderful marriage, it is good that they had that time together. Rest in peace, Dean, you will be missed by many.
Dean, I will never be able to eat pizza or cauliflower again wtihout thinking of you. You were a great guy and I am glad to have had the honor to be able to call you my friend. You had a great sense of humor and good taste in music! You will be missed!