Samantha Rossi founded Life After Fetch in 2016. Samantha moved to Illinois in 2005 from Rochester, Minnesota to pursue mortuary school and graduated Worsham College in 2007 at the young age of 20. She was very blessed to have made Niles, Illinois her home and completed her internship and licensure with Skaja Terrace Funeral Home from 2005-20011. From 2011-2012 she worked for Smith-Corcoran Funeral Homes, both in their Chicago, Glenview, and Palatine locations. Her true calling happened when she was offered a manager position with Muzyka & Son Funeral Home in Chicago, IL. The owner gave her the freedom and flexibility to run the business as if it were her own.

In 2014, Samantha had her first child Louis and shortly after in 2015 her daughter Marilyn. While juggling being a new mom, having a new business, and still managing a funeral home fulltime - she was on course of funeral home ownership BUT, life took an unfortunate turn when her mother was diagnosed with triple-negative-breast cancer in 2015.

Stepping back from managing Muzyka & Son Funeral Home full-time allowed her to start Funeral Services of Illinois, and Life After Fetch - Pet Cremation Services to give her the freedom to manage her time taking care of her mother and two very young children. Continuing to push through the rollercoaster - she ended up losing her father Kurt Kreinbring in 2018 (53 years old), and her mother Donna Gehrking in 2020 (54 years old). Though her losses are tragic, and she endured them at a young age, her life has allowed her to see things very differently.

In 2021, Samantha and her family moved to Lake County and are very fortunate to have found their forever home in Lake County.

Through these highs and the lows of life, one thing that remained the same was her side kick Gavin. Samantha adopted Gavin from Wrighway Rescue in 2010 at the young age of 15 weeks old. Mixing her passion for animals and devoted heart for grieving families she knew that Life After Fetch needed to happen.

Pets are such a big part of our lives, and they need proper after care just like humans. We are still losing something dear to us and we need the proper closure.

Samantha prays Life After Fetch will continue to do good, and help grieving pet families navigate the loss of their beloved pets.

Gavin was born on December 23, 2009. He was adopted by Samantha Rossi from Wright Way rescue in 2010.

Gavin was always a crazy man in his younger years, he loved to hurdle giant fences, play fetch, and simply run figure eights. If left unattended Gavin liked to dig giant holes. The joke was "Gavin we didn't call Julie!". He always had a love for water. If there was a puddle, he would try to swim in it.

In his older years he likes to sleep, stair at the closet door that has his treats, eat treats, eat treats, eat more treats, and hog the couch. If you are in his spot - watch out - he will gladly welcome himself to your lap.

At the young age of 14 today he happily calls Libertyville his home.