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Jeanne Leonard posted a condolence
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Dear Susan,
I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I pray that Gods comfort embraces you and He gives you that peace that passes all understanding.
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Mike Bull posted a condolence
Monday, January 26, 2015
Truly an amazing artisan/ craftsman, and a really great guy. I have so many fond memories and met some wonderful people while working at the museum, especially Sal Polisi. He was such a generous man, who was always there for you if you needed help. A great character whose laugh would reverberate around the model shop, which would double as his workshop, and also as a gathering place for many of us to swap stories and yarns especially on dark winters evenings. He was always happy to see you.
When my wife and I left and moved to Texas, I missed the Seaport so much I called Sal at the model shop, I said I really miss you guys and he replied "well we miss you too, come on back " I didn't of course but just hearing those words from Sal made it a lot easier for me. Rest in peace Sal thanks for being a friend ...Mike Bull ( boat shop)
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Edie Mezzich posted a condolence
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Susan:
My deepest condolences on your and your families loss. My prayers are with you.
Edie Mezzich
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John and Carol Manson posted a condolence
Thursday, January 22, 2015
To you, who have gathered together to pay your last respects to Mr. Polisi, we offer our heart-felt condolences. Through you, we came to know Sal. By knowing him, even from a distance, we gratefully received his gifts, his talent, his imagination, his caring and his love, gifts that we shall remember and cherish forever.
Bless You and Keep You.
John and Carol Manson,
Revere, Massachusetts
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Bridget Schuy posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Dear Susan and family,
Please accept Mikey's and my deepest condolences. We miss Sal deeply. The South Street Seaport Museum community has lost a family member too. We mourn his loss with you.
Fair winds, Sal.
Bridget & Mikey
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JOHN ROBERT EGAN posted a symbolic gesture
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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My cousin Sal,........ My FRIEND.....we will never again have the times we had as the famous trio " Creak & Croak and Baza ni Pep "....may you rest in peace for eternity, know that you were loved and are sincerely missed.....YOUR BUDDY JOHN ROBERT
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Harold M Polisi posted a symbolic gesture
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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He also loved to sail..or has in the past was one of best memories as well :)
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charles anatra posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
It was only a few weeks ago that I discovered Sal's work on the Internet although the irrevocable laws that govern who goes and who stays prevented me from ever meeting him. I intended to visit Sal at his studio in early Spring and imagined that it would be a nice way to start a new and special friendship. I was sure that we had many things in common: A love for working with tools and natural materials and of course our distant relatives who not long ago crossed the Atlantic settling in what were to become unique enclaves that years later attracted people from all over the world. Our vintage family members with their old world tenacity of holding on to traditions and honoring a work ethic that sometimes precluded earning a degree but nurtured the indisputable priority for preserving family values. (Continued on next post..)
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charles anatra posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
As a distant admirer I heard about Sal and how he methodically gained a following through his talent and passion to succeed in a city with a reputation for not granting second chances. In the past I reserved grieving sudden loss for close family members or someone endeared by friendship. I never considered that in time I could ever feel a deep sense of loss for someone I never met or talked to. Sal, my never to be friend was the exception.
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Harold m Polisi uploaded photo(s)
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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Hard at work as always at the famously loved South Street Seaport, lower east side in Manhattan, loved working w him on my summer visits! Always taught me a lot of how to properly work in wood:) love u dad now and always forever. God bless
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Harold m Polisi uploaded photo(s)
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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another fine carving of his of a figurehead getting restored to its full glory as only he could perfectly do! :) love you dad !
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Harold m Polisi uploaded photo(s)
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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My dad and I, the way he would have wanted us all to remember him and keep his loving memory of him, how he touched all of lives; strong, courageous, personably, people-caring, teacher to me on ethics, life, of course, impervious in his mind to mortality in his mind :) Love u always dad!:) RIP
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Harold m Polisi uploaded photo(s)
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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My dad and I, the way he would have wanted us all to remember him and keep his loving memory of him, how he touched all of lives; strong, courageous, personably, people-caring, teacher to me on ethics, life, of course, impervious in his mind to mortality in his mind :) Love u always dad!:) RIP
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Captain Robert Rustchak posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
I can well imagine that today in, let’s say Germany, there is a young man who visited South Street Seaport Museum twenty years ago with his parents and stopped into the Ship Model and Carving Shop at the head of Pier 15. Sal Polisi was there and put down his chisel, greeted that child, hoisted him up to look at his latest carving project. Sal took him out the door under the bows of the mighty Wavertree and showed him where the figurehead would go – the one modeled in clay just inside the shop door.
That child -- and many others, and many adults too -- might not have understood all of what Sal was telling him, but he surely today remembers the gentle, welcoming man who took the time to show him the wonders of the Historic District. Sal was amongst the finest of the Seaport Museum volunteers. Sal’s legacy remains as one of the finest examples of what the Museum and District were once, and could be again.
I will always remember Sal.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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Paula Mayo and Family posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Dear Susan: We are so sorry to hear of Sal's passing. He was a wonderful person who always seemed to look at the brighter side of everything, an attitude that was infectious.
No matter how down or hopeless a situation seemed, Sal always seemed able to find the humor in it. He would laugh and that would make you laugh too. In my mind, I will always see him with a cup of coffee in one hand and a mallet in the other, and covered with wood shavings. Thank you so much for sharing this incredible person with so many of us. We shall miss and cherish him always.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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Kathleen and Scott Cheney posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Susan, we are so sad to hear of Sal's death. We will always remember how he helped us out with Michella when she was in college on Long Island, and his good cooking and humor during your summer event for the NY health care group. He was a lovely man, never to be forgotten. I hope his last days were comfortable and peaceful.
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David Ockey posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
The world is already a colder place...May God bless you my friend..
David Ockey
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Nicole Woolard posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
My deepest sympathies to Susan and the rest of their family and friends. Working with Susan, it was such a treat when Sal's warm and friendly face popped into the office. He will live on in all your memories and hearts, and I hope you find peace and healing in the times ahead.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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august milton posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Susan, words cannot express fully my condolences to you on the pasing away of Sal. I still have trouble believing it . Sal was such strong looking outdoor guy who was energetic and lived his life with gusto and a passion for his woodcarving work. While he will not be with us physically, I will always remember him..
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Sheila uploaded photo(s)
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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One of Sal's wood carvings he made for my friend, John Manson. Copy of the grasshopper weathervane on Faneuil Hall in Boston. John and I worked together for National Park Service in Boston and John did many historic talks in Faneuil Hasll. I asked Sal to make a replica for John's retirement. Sal loved making this.
John treasures it. Sheila
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Tina Bliss posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Sal was a joy to be around. I have fond memories of the Seaport and of all Sal's wonderful work. He made the world a better place.
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Debby Randall posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
My dear Susan I just heard of the death of Sal and I send deepest condolences. He was a delightful, zesty original! A cook, an artist and devoted always to you. Please know that he was wonderful to be around and that we all will miss him. Debby Randall
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Richard & Jennifer Licata & Family posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
our condolences and prayers to Susan and family. Sal and Susan Jennifer and I will always be grateful for the efforts that you made to share our wedding only a few weeks after 9-11.Sal, your gregarious smile and wit will be missed. I am sure you are sitting at the table with all the relatives playing cards and having coffee.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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Gail and Frank Lee posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Sal, we'll miss your smile and sense of humor
We'll always think of your creative expression in your
work and in your ability to make everyone you meet
feel like they've known you all of their life.
Susan, if there is anything we can do.....sit, talk, listen....
I will see you Wed night -
Gail
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Lia Dudine posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
My prayers and deepest condolences to the whole family. Sal was so much a part of the museum that he will be sorely missed. May he rest in peace.
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marc dennis posted a condolence
Monday, January 19, 2015
I am so sorry for your loss please tell me if there is anything i can do, please
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William Bows posted a condolence
Monday, January 19, 2015
I grew to know and love Sal after he married Susan, one of my dearest friends. Sal was one of the warmest, most gracious gentlemen I've had the honor to know. He had the gift of making everyone in his presence seem special, a a very rare gift.
As a Christian, I firmly believe that Sal has passed to another plain and is in very good and well deserved company.
And I pray that Susan remembers that she was loved by Sal and knows that she is loved and supported by many dear friends.
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Sheila posted a condolence
Monday, January 19, 2015
Sal,
I will miss you! When you married Susan, I finally was not alone as the only Kayser in-law! I will miss you teaching me how to cook Italian, showing Dave and I the boroughs of NYC, eating at your favorite diner in Brooklyn, visiting your cousin, John the butcher, exploring the Seaport Museum, looking at all of your wonderful carvings and hearing your laughter! Dave and I are so fortunate to have had you in our lives. We had a lot of great laughs! We are also lucky to have carvings you created just for us. As you often said to me when we were leaving after a visit, "So long, buddy!" I will miss my Buddy!
Love you, Sheila
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