Dear friends, family, and supporters:
With profound sadness and endless love, we share the passing of our beloved Katie, whose kindness, strength, and unwavering love for her family and friends touched everyone who knew her, and made us all better.
Katie was a devoted wife, an incredible mother, a cherished daughter, sister, and friend whose courage and compassion inspired and uplifted so many. All are welcome to honor Katie’s life and legacy in Falmouth, Massachusetts this week. Details below. A Celebration of Life will be planned for later this year.
Visitation
Sunday July 12 from 1-4pm
Chapman Funeral Home
475 Main Street
Falmouth, MA 02540
Funeral
Monday July 13 at 11am
St Anthony’s Church
167 E Falmouth Highway
East Falmouth, MA 02536
Burial to Follow
Oak Grove Cemetery
46 Jones Road
Falmouth, Ma 02540
Post-Funeral Reception
Flying Bridge Restaurant from 1-5pm
220 Scranton Ave
Falmouth, MA 02540
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that donations be made in Katie’s honor to support critical medical research at the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI). Contributions can be made to www.ALS.net or mailed to:
ALS Therapy Development Institute
480 Arsenal Street, Suite 201
Watertown, MA 02472
Please share your photos & memories of our girl Katie by uploading to the Google Drive link in the button below or email photos & anecdotes to KatiesCureALS@gmail.com for a memorial celebration to come.
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What is ALS?
ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease causing muscle weakness, paralysis, and eventual respiratory system failure. Despite being known for over a century, it remains severely underfunded, and approved treatments only slow progression and extend survival by a few months.
Although ALS has no known cure, the last few years have brought significant growth in research on ALS, including its underlying mechanisms and potential early-stage therapies. There are also now known to be over 60 documented spontaneous ALS reversals, including several who were taking supplements or alternative treatment modalities not covered by insurance. If ever there was a time to believe ALS is beatable, it is now.
What does Katie need?
Katie needs time—and our support.
ALS is known as “the bankruptcy disease”. To fight it, Katie, her husband, and her daughter will need support for costs of in-home medical and personal care, equipment and accessibility renovations to their home, and medical expenses and alternative therapies not covered by insurance.
To support them in this fight, we are asking your support by donating to help Katie and her family defray the financial burdens of fighting ALS.
Who is Katie?
Katie is an inspiration to so many and a proud product of Cape Cod. As a Nurse Practitioner, she dedicated her life to helping others in their greatest needs—in Emergency Departments, Children’s Hospital and Cancer Center Intensive Care Units, and the community with patients during housing and mental health challenges. But she is also a loving mother, wife, daughter, sister, and best friend to so many of us.
For as long as we have known her, Katie has put other people’s needs above her own, making a lifelong impact on countless people whose lives entwined with hers. Now, as a new mother to a beautiful baby girl, Katie needs our help to give to her daughter the love and support she has poured out on so many of us, for as long as it takes to beat ALS.
Let’s rally together to be the support she needs.
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In December 2023—at the age of 34 and just three months after the birth of her daughter—Katie DeGregorio Silvestri was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease).
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Katie's Cure
Liam Maguire's Irish Pub
Saturday, September 7th from 12-4pm
273 Main St, Falmouth, MA
We are hosting a Fundraiser for Katie Degregorio Silvestri to raise money to cover the costs of living with ALS. There is an amazing selection of Silent Auction items that you can bid on in advance and incredible Raffle items that you can view on the button below. There will be Prizes and Live Music at the event as well.
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