Ralph D. Scalise, 78 of Huntley, died peacefully, March 5, 2020
Visitation will be on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 from 3:00 to 8:00pm with a service held at 7:00pm all at DeFiore Funeral Home-10763 Dundee Road, Huntley.
Ralph was born October 9, 1941 in Berwyn, Illinois the son of Ralph and Jeanette Scalise. On February 25, 1960 he married Sandra L. Christ. Ralph worked as a sales manager for Grayhill, inc. for 30 years and as a consultant for Budde Marketing Inc for 20 years. Driven by his desire to provide the best for his loved ones, Ralph was a certifiable workaholic. Ralph enjoyed traveling with his wife, Sandy, playing golf, playing the piano and vacationing in Disney.. He enjoyed spending time with his family and his greatest joy was his grandchildren. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who will be missed by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Sandra, his children, Gina Gilchrist, Ralph “Rocky” (Kim) Scalise, Lisa (Wally) Empleo and by his 6 grandchildren, Madeline, Max, Nicole, Jake, Eva and Rocco.
He was preceded in death by his parents and by his brother, Ronald.
For further information please call the funeral home at 847-515-8772 or on line condolences may be directed to www.defiorefuneral.com
Please leave a video condolence by entering your name and click the "Record" button below. You can always preview your video prior to submitting it. Please note that you may be prompted to allow DefioreFuneral access to your camera.
We are saddened and wish to offer our condolences to you Rocky and the entire Scalise family. Sincerely, D&T
With deepest sympathy n condolence Lisa n family . Love n prayers . May your dad RIP
With deepest sympathy n condolence Lisa n family . Love n prayers . May your dad RIP
With deepest sympathy n condolence Lisa n family . Love n prayers . May your dad RIP
My deepest sympathy to you, Sandy and Gina, Rocky and Lisa and all the grandchildren. Ralph is in my prayers.
So sorry for your loss, may God give you and your family strength to cope with this great loss
Our deepest sympathy and condolences for you all.
With deepest sympathy and condolences to you Sandy and your family. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
My heartfelt sympathy to the Scalise family may you find comfort with each other because of live of family. Rip God bless
I’ve known Ralph for nearly forty years and worked very closely with him over 20 years with my company. We laughed together, strategized, and throughout all those years I I held Ralph on a pedestal because of his work ethic and his sincere desire to help the client, but even more so as a friend above everything else. We at Budde Marketing all loved and respected all things when it came to Ralph. RIP friend and God bless the Scalise family during this difficult time.
Please accept our deepest sympathy.The whole family will be in our prayers.
So sorry to hear about the death of Ralph. Ron was our brother in law and the Scalise family is very much loved! God comfort you in your sorrow.
So sorry for your loss he was a great guy
I am very sad to hear this news. My heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to the family and all the folks at Budde. Ralph was a wonderful guy to work with and he will be missed.
Dear Rocky and Kim, Ralph was such a gentleman, with a great sense of humor and a laugh I can still hear. He touched countless people during his many years in the industry and left us all better off for it. He will be missed. Our sincere sympathies to you and your family.
I have never met Ralph and only dealt with him thru e mails for our company, but he was a very pleasant person to deal with very friendly, I am sorry for your loss.
Sending prayers to your family, so sorry for your loss.
Rocky and family, you are all in our prayers and have our deepest sympathies. We feel and understand your loss. May your father RIP.
We are so sad to hear of Ralph's passing. We will always have fond memories of Ralph. He will be greatly missed. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to your family.
Sandy and family, Ralph's passing has us, as are many, shocked. He was a wonderful person and we knew him as a quiet man seeing him at church, always a slight smile on his face. We will continue to keep you, Rocky, Lisa and their families in our prayers. Your memories of him and all you did together will keep him in your hearts forever.
I was in the UK burying my Father (March 11th) when I heard the news about Ralph, I work for NKK Switches and can say that Ralph was a Good Man! Ralph was always pleasant and a joy to work with, he will not be forgotten as many of my daily reports were created and managed by Ralph. May he Rest in Peace. To Ralph's family; I too feel the pain of loss, death really does have a sting to it, it is ok for us to mppurn and shed a tear here and there, the tears represent our pain, our consolation is that our Loved ones that go before us feel no pain, we cry for our loss but should not cry for those that have died, they are in peace. This is the promise I believe in. Thank you for loaning Ralph to us! Kind regards, Laurence