Adrian Lee Sampsel

Adrian L. Sampsel, 27, died unexpectedly on February 8 from diabetic ketoacidosis after being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 14 months ago.

Born January 9, 1994 to Dennis L. Sampsel and Carissa {Pedrotty} Sampsel, he was a 2012 graduate of Fairless High School. Adrian loved attending music festivals, his friends and family, and tinkering with motorcycles the way he always did with his father as a young boy. Everyone he met seemed to be his friend, to who he was known as "Big Daddy", and he gave them all equally descriptive nicknames.

He is survived by his father Dennis, his stepmother Toni, his sister Sydney, grandparents Judy & Phil Pedrotty with whom he resided, grandfather Dennis L. Sampsel Jr., and grandmother Penny Essig. He is also survived by many loving aunts, uncles and cousins as well as his numerous friends. He was preceded in death by his best friend and mother Carissa.

Adrian wasn't always the most upfront with his emotions but to those who knew him well, it went without being said, that he cared about his friends, family, and his passions, with his whole entire being. He would go to the ends of the earth to help out those he loved, no matter the cost. Adrian lived his life with the mindset that the sun will rise again tomorrow and things will work themselves out, so why spend too much time stressing the small stuff? He was a free spirit and lived his life to the beat of his own drum. As for the rest of us when we reflect on Adrian and his time on earth, we will remember him with a smile on our faces, and by a line from one of his favorite bands, ɘkoostik hookah, "another good man gone."

A service and celebration of his life will be held at a safer time with details to follow.