Samisoni Laweca Koroitamudu

Samisoni "BigMakk" Laweca Koroitamudu age 25, was born to Seta Koroitamudu and Jill Abraham on February 18, 1991 in Kissimmee, Florida. He was returned to our Heavenly Father on Monday, August 29th, 2016 when the vehicle he was a passenger in crashed in Casselberry, Florida. Sami attended St. Thomas Aquinas, Denn John Middle School, P.M. Wells Charter and Osceola High School. He also attended Valencia Community College and earned a Diploma for Comprehensive Audio Engineering and Music Productions at the Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology. He grew up having many friends, including eleven on his cul-de-sac alone. The eleven friends were from five different families and Sami was a son to all of them. Sami worked relentlessly on his skills as a DJ and a music producer becoming well known and gaining a huge fan base locally, nationally and internationally. Sami lived in the Orlando area and loved producing and listening to music. He was a big fan of the Orlando Magic, loved skateboarding, dining out, shopping, travelling, being with friends and most of all spending time with his family. Sami was an original co-founder of a popular weekly Orlando event called Shake n' Bass and has played numerous events and venues around the country. These include Life in Color Miami Festival, the Avalon in Hollywood California, Dreamscape Music Festival in Baltimore, and the South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. In the upcoming months he was scheduled for EDC Orlando 2016, Ruby Skye in San Francisco, California and the Dancefestophia Music Festival in Kansas City. He loved his city and made it a point to let people know he was from Orlando, Florida. Sam was a well-loved, humble, but confident young man that always had time for others and especially his fans and family. Sami is survived by his parents Seta Koroitamudu and Jill Abraham of Orlando, Florida; sisters, Joyce Fox and Kiera Koroitamudu; grandparents, Jim and Judy Abraham of LaVerkin, Utah; uncles and aunts, William and Laura Koroitamudu of Orlando, Florida, Steven Maupin and Adelaide Gouin of Winter Garden, Florida, Jeff and Kelly Abraham of Groveland, Florida, Jim and Karen Abraham of Columbus, Georgia; cousins, Amanda Abraham, Joshua Abraham, Rebekka Abraham, Kyle Abraham, Adelaide Koroitamudu, Saimoni Koroitamudu, Shane Maupin and Steven Maupin. Sami was preceded in death by his grandparents, Samisoni Koroitamudu and Lilian Koroitamudu. Sami also had a close network of friends that included Juan Gallardo, David "K1KO"Rodriguez, Julian "Chef" Navalta, Marques Powell, Nikkolas "ATM" Mohess, Alessandra "Ma-Less" Roper, Michael Khan, Michael "City Tucker" Valdepena and Carlos Carrion. The funeral arrangements for Sami are as follows: Viewing at Osceola Memory Gardens Funeral Home Thursday, September 8th from 4:00pm - 8:00pm, 1717 Old Boggy Creek Road, Kissimmee, FL 34744 Mass at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church Friday, September 9th, 11am 1603 N. Thacker Avenue Kissimmee, FL 34741 The Mass will be followed by the burial service at: Osceola Memory Gardens Cemetery 1717 Old Boggy Creek Road Kissimmee, FL 34744 Thanks to all of Sami's relatives and friends in the United States, Australia, Fiji and other parts of the world for their love, kindness and encouragement. Thanks also go out to his manager, Matt Denuzzo and Sami's record label Mad Decent. Thanks also to Backbooth, Gilt, Venue 578, Beacham, Vintage, and Tier nightclubs in Orlando, his fellow producers, friends and most of all his fans. Thank you for all your love and support.

Samisoni Laweca Koroitamudu

February 18, 1991 - August 29, 2016