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Joshua Benjamin York

April 29, 1996 – December 7, 2022
Lived 26 years
Millburn Cemetery · Old Mill Creek, IL
Life story

JOSHUA BENJAMIN YORK, 26, OF LAKE VILLA IL PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 7, 2022, AT NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK CITY.

BORN ON APRIL 29, 1996, IN LIBERTYVILLE IL, JOSH GREW UP IN LAKE VILLA, GRADUATED FROM LAKES HIGH SCHOOL, AND WILL TRULY BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.

JOSH WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS ABILITY TO TOUCH THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH, CHOOSING JUST THE RIGHT WORDS FOR THE OCCASION. HE LIFTED MANY CRUSHED SPIRITS AND HAD THE GIFT OF MAKING YOU SMILE WHEN IT WAS THE LAST THING YOU WANTED TO DO.

TOUCHING ON HIS LOVE OF SPORTS, PARTICULARLY THE CHICAGO BULLS, PLAYING BASKETBALL, HATS, AND SHOES WAS AN EASY WAY TO REACH HIS HEART AND GET HIM TALKING WITH PASSION.

HE LOVED PEOPLE AND WANTED EVERYONE HAPPY AND GETTING ALONG, ESPECIALLY HIS PARENTS AND FAMILY. HIS MOTHER WILL ALWAYS CHERISH THE BIBLE STUDIES THEY ENJOYED TOGETHER EARLIER THIS YEAR.

CARRYING ON JOSHUA'S MEMORY AND SPIRIT ARE HIS MOTHER AND STEPFATHER AMY AND ROBERT ROYCE, HIS FATHER TIMOTHY HEENAN, HIS BROTHER CALEB YORK, AND LOVING AUNTS, UNCLES, AND COUSINS ALONG WITH COUNTLESS FRIENDS AND COMPANIONS.

VISITATION WILL BE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, FROM 10 AM - 12 NOON, AND SERVICE AT NOON, BOTH AT THE FUNERAL HOME. INTERMENT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AT MILLBURN CEMETERY, OLD MILL CREEK, ILLINOIS. Josh's funeral service will be livestreamed at 12 noon on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at facebook.com/RingaFH

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1996
Born April 29
1997
Joshua was 1 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
1998
Joshua was 2 when Google was founded
2005
Joshua was 9 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2007
Joshua was 11 when the first iPhone went on sale
2017
Joshua was 21 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2022
Passed away December 7, age 26
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Julia Borowski 151w

Joshua

Losing you is still so hard to accept. So painful. I go to bed with sadness and when I awake it's still there, and I know it's because you aren’t here. I now know personally what it means that when you love deeply, you grieve deeply, that extraordinary grief is an expression of extraordinary love. Why didn’t you tell us? I wish I could’ve saved you, and helped you become the man I know you could have become. All the cudda beens and shoulda beens don’t bring you back, though. You were one of the greatest gifts of my life. It was an honor to watch you grow, laugh at your silliness, and love you for the unique and special person you are. That will always stay with me. But this loss. If I could change this ending, I would do anything to have you here with us. The way you treated people is a lesson for all of us. You would text or call people you knew were having a hard time. You gave of yourself and gave whatever you had. Your heart was so big, and you made a difference! Your story isn’t over. This past year has been dealing with the emotion of losing you, but I am determined to keep your memory alive and work to make a difference in your honor. I love you, Joshua. So much it hurts. Your aunt Juju

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