MONTINE RUMMEL/Arizona Daily Wildcat Jeff Pavalk, political science junior, leans over to blow out a candle after speaking at the Delta Tau Delta house last night about his fraternity brother Sam Farmer. Farmer was killed when a porch collapsed at a party in Chicago last June.

The Delta Tau Delta fraternity held a memorial service last night for one of its members killed when a porch above him collapsed at a Chicago party last June.

Sam Farmer, 21, was remembered as someone who brought joy to those around him and lived life to the fullest. Farmer was a sophomore who had returned home after taking a pre-session class.

"I have a lot of great memories about Sam. It's hard to think about, but when I do I have those memories," said Josh Michael, a communications junior. "Sam touched a lot of people."

Members gathered in the main hall of the fraternity house and took turns talking about Farmer, sharing stories and sentiments about what he meant to them. They each blow out a small candle when they were finished speaking.

"For those that didn't know him, no words can describe him. For those that knew him, no words are needed," said Delta Tau Delta President Jamie Mac George.

The accident that killed Farmer also killed 11 others and injured more than 57 more.

MONTINE RUMMEL/Arizona Daily WildcatM Scott Harris, right, Dan Bosworth and other Delta Tau Delta members sit in silence at last night's memorial service for the late Sam Farmer.

Many of Farmer's fraternity brothers remembered him as someone who loved to make people laugh.

"I can't think of Sam without thinking about the Elvis costume he wore to every date dash," said Steve Holtzclaw, a political science junior.

Jeff Pavlak, a friend of Farmer's who came to the UA from the same Chicago high school, described Farmer as someone who stuck by his friends and helped them out if they had a problem.

"He went out of his was for me as a friend. I joined the house because he got me into it, and I'm glad I did," said Pavlak, a political science junior. "He had so much aspiration to do something with his life."

Farmer was born in Great Britain and grew up in Chicago before coming to the UA. He lived in the fraternity house at 1050 N. Cherry Ave. the previous year and had planned to do so again this year.

"Sam didn't bullshit around. He would always say what's on his mind," said Mac George.

Another of Farmer's friends, Phil Linduska, recalled a time he and Farmer ventured into the La Paz residence hall on the way home after a night out. He and Farmer picked up a fire extinguisher and were blasting each other with it. They left but were soon picked up by police, who then arrested them and took them to the station, Linduska said.

While he was being interrogated, Farmer started doing jumping jacks, Linduska said.

"We remember him as a friend. We remember him as a prankster," said Linduska.

Farmer is survived by his father, Jeremy, his mother, Gill, and his younger brothers, Tom and Edward.