Denise Helen Spear (nee Lordi) died peacefully in Lansdale on 10/7/20 at the age of 66.
Denise is survived by Paul Spear (husband), Jenna Spear (daughter) and George Lordi Jr (brother).She is preceded in death by George Lordi Sr (father), Helen Lordi (nee Demarco) (mother) and Louis Lordi (brother)
Denise was born in Germantown on 7/8/54 and graduated from North Penn High School in 1972.
Viewing in scheduled for 10/18 from 6-8pm at Simcox McIlvane Funeral Home.Funeral mass is scheduled for 10/19 at 10:30am preceded by a viewing starting at 9:30am at St Stanislaus Church.
I graduated with Denise, such a nice person, may she rest in peace.
The year was 1967. I was new at the Jr. High (Pennbrooke). I have a tendency to talk a lot (ha) and every day I would be put out in the hall as punishment for talking. Every day there was another girl down the hall who was always out there at the same time I was. She would get put out too because she talked too much and she had just transferred from a Catholic school in Phila. And so, a friendship was born. We purposely talked so we would get kicked out of class just so we could talk. So many years, so many memories. Our very first cry together came when she lost her brother in the Vietnam War. From there, our lives were joined. We did everything together. Her parents were like my adopted parents. We got in trouble, laughed until we peed our pants, went through heartache, loss, and our kids grew up together. We always “knew” when we needed each other and she was the kind of friend who we would talk for hours and it felt like 5 minutes. Our husbands thought we were crazy and we liked it that way. Her health started to go downhill and although we couldn’t get out much, we talked. I would tell her of all my adventures and she would always say how she wished she could have been there with me, and, in true Forest Gump style, I always told her she was right beside me. Today I lost my best friend and I’m not sure what to do. I was just getting used to her being so sick that I wasn’t ready for the end to come so quickly. I am saddened that I couldn’t be there with her for the most important event of her life. That I could hold her hand and tell her goodbye and tell her how much I loved her, and to say HI to everyone we had cried over losing in the past. Covid has taken so much from us, this was the hardest. Goodbye My Denise. You were one of a kind. Remember our motto…BEST FRIENDS FOREVER! I’ll be talking to ya every night after I say my prayers. LOVE YOU!