Jessica and I became friends way back in third grade. She was like a sister to me and her family a second home.She had such an infectious laugh that preventing anyone from being sad, even now i close my eyes and can hear it.. i cant help but smile. We grew together as into women as well as women of God. We would pray together and have deep discussion about our faith. Faith, thats something that meant so much to jessica. Jesus was her boyfriend, she was madly in love with him and when everything else seemed to go wrong she always relied on that faith. As time does to many people this last year i regret to say we hardly spoke , not out of anger but just were living two seperate lives. About a month ago i did all her though she answered whispering saying she wasnt supposed to answer because she was nannying but when she saw it was me she had to . We talked briefly saying we missed each other and we had to get together soon. Unfortunately we didnt get that chance but knowing a still meant as much to her as she did me gives me comfort. I love her and miss her dearly

Below are just a few pictures of jake and i she loved to take pictures and im so glad because now i have so many ways so remind me of her. I love you jake Rest in Peace.

Jess quickly won our hearts the first time we met on Easter of her senior year.  We used to tease Daryn about going to his cousin’s for Easter and coming home with a girlfriend! She always had an amazing smile, giant hug and genuinely cared about how everyone was doing.  We loved hanging out at the house together; watching movies; barbecuing; enjoying the stars.  When she started coming to LSM and Living Hope, even though she and Daryn were no longer dating, we were all so happy to see her; the friendship never ended… it only continued…

Jess… you are so missed.  The way you would smile with your entire body; the way you always called me mom; the giant hugs… I will be one of the first in line to hug you for a hundred years (after your family) when we get to heaven!

I love you!

Mama Cheryl

I’m one of Jessica’s ex-boyfriends. We became very very close. I knew so much about her. We had our tough times but it ended up a lot better as time went on. I’m so grateful my family and I got to know her. She was truely an amazing woman. She meant so much to me and I made it clear to her that I would do anything for her. She was more than welcome to come to me for anything. She would call me/text me late at night just to talk or to be comforted. I’d sit and listen to every word she’d have to say or vent about. I miss her soo much and miss everything that we had and went through. Besides family, she meant more to me than anyone else I knew. God has a plan for everyone. It was her time to leave and Shes in a better place now… and that alone makes me feel 110% better.

Miss and Love ya Jessie!,

Brandon

What is there to say about someone as beautiful, as inspiring, as wonderful as my big sister Jessica Hannah Blanck?! So much, and so very little time. 21 years is really, truly not a whole lot to have with someone you look up to as much as Bekah and I looked up to Jess. The sad part is for me I feel as though she will never really know how much she blessed Bekah and I through these past 20 years that I’ve known her. Though I can’t truly say “I’ve known Jess her ENTIRE life” considering, she is about a year and half older than me, I did know her MY entire life, and my life is still going but her’s was cut so very very short. The pain has yet to sink in and as I sit here and write this it’s all too surreal to even think of what is yet to come. This journey I have to go on without my sister. Without my grudge.

Jessica…Jessica was…the Meredith to my Izzie. She was the FIRST person on the scene when Kyle Cooke passed away for me. I was lying in bed, in a fit of terrible tears, a tantrum of frustration towards God towards everything I had known for comfort. Kyle was one of my best friends, a grudge that I could lean on unlike anyother. I was losing touch with one of my BEST friends because I was struggeling to keep her close. I was pushing her away without even realizing it…and there tapping on my door, peaking her head in and pulling me to my feet was dear ole Jessie. The scene of Izzie lying on the bathroom floor and Meredith stepping inside, lying beside her, taking her hand and making her stand up and address the world again. That moment is a total capture of the moment that Jessie became the ‘Meredith to my Izzie’. Some of you have never watched Grey’s Anatomy, the ABC Tv show, but Jessica and I [and Bekah] all loved it. We watched it every week. Jessica was always the one holding my hand. And for me it’s almost like part of me will never be content with all that I’ve told her about you know the type of person she was to me.

There’s this song by Jonah 33 “Faith like that” that Jessica strived for. She would listen to that song on her hands and knees and pleading to God to bring her that faith. The crazy and ironic thing is, when we look back on what she’s written in her journals, and what she shows us in her drawings and the pure amazing faith that resounds off those handwritten pages shows a girl with incredible faith. With just that faith she strived for.

All I can say right now is that Jessica will always be remembered for her faith, her beauty and the way she treated other people. With this compassion, this knowledge…

Jessica, as you look down on me and Bekah and mom and Dad and all of your friends, just know you are truly missed. We love you with every ounce of our hearts and minds.

I keep thinking you’ll come “Home” but the truth is that you are Home. You’re with our Heavenly Father, and you’re with Kyle.

I love you “Jake”. I always will.

Jessica was alwaysthere for me, even when I didnt realize it. Yes sometimes we had our sisterly fights, but we always pulled through and were the closest ever. She meant the world to me, and now that she is gone, I feel that my world has been taken apart. I was with her four hours before she was killed, and luckily I had just told her how much us hanging out together meant to me, especially lately. Now I cannot hang out with her and that is killing me inside. I am just so numb, and in disbelief. I have so many questions without answers, and they probably wont get answered untill I meet and see her again. I love her so much and I don’t know what im going to do without her, but she is in a much better place now.

Infinite x’s and o’s,

Bekah Boo

It was time for Jake to graduate from High School and as a present to her we took her shopping. Have you ever gone shopping with an 18 year old…..what an experience for Grandpa. I had a blast and enjoyed watching her face as she tried on different clothes until she finally found all of she wanted (Of course there was a limit set by grandpa) it was exceded. So much fun. I can still see her face as it lite up with each item. So much fun.

I love you Jessica ……  Grandpa Ralph

This is the angry face, as she called it. When we were together, I would do somethig (usually random) and she would get frustrated at me and ended up continuing over the years, usually as an inside joke. She would make that face and and my heart would smile . I can’t wait to see it again in heaven one day. RIP Jessica. You will be missed.