Samuel Lee DeLaTorre, Jr., age 12, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at Tampa General Hospital. He was born in Arcadia on April 18, 2001 and lived in Zolfo Springs all of his life. He was a seventh grader at Hardee Junior High School, active in Team Hardee Baseball and was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church. He had a million dollar smile and loved fishing and the outdoors.

Survivors include his parents, Samuel and Martha DeLaTorre of Zolfo Springs; grandparents, Hermilio and Gloria Gonzales; five sisters, Cassandra, Naomi and husband Raul, Michelle, Samantha, and Myrka; one nephew, Jayden; five DeLaTorre uncles and eight DeLaTorre aunts; two Gonzales uncles and two Gonzales aunts.

Services are scheduled for Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Florida's First Assembly of God in Wauchula at 12:00 P.M. (Noon). Visitation is at the church from 10:30 A.M. until service time.
Interment will be in New Hope Cemetery.