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Portrait of Jake Christian Gilsbach
Our beautiful Son

Jake Christian Gilsbach

March 15, 2003 – March 27, 2024
Lived 21 years
Parkview memorial · Livonia, Michigan
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Life story

Jake was our beautiful son. He was always smiling and happy. He loved his older brother and always looked up to him. Jake loved to make everyone feel special and try to motivate them to strive for more. He was one of the hardest working young men I’ve ever known. He was working as a plumber and recently passed his real-estate test and secured a job with Keller Williams. He was also taking college courses at night for construction management. On top of that he had a power washing business on the weekends. He made time and looked forward to visiting his beautiful girlfriend every two weeks at her college. He loved her with all of his heart. Jake passed in a work related incident. Our hearts were torn from our chest and our lives will never be the same.

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2003
Born March 15
2004
Jake was 1 when Facebook was launched
2005
Jake was 2 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Jake was 7 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2014
Jake was 11 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2022
Jake was 19 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2024
Passed away March 27, age 21
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