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Closed 17/08/2017
Weʼve raised £2,135 to towards funeral costs for my cousin Jake Black
- Fort William, United Kingdom
- Funded on Thursday, 17th August 2017
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We are walking from Kinlochleven to Fort William on Saturday in Memory of my cousin Jake, who sadly passed away last week. At the moment we are unclear of the cause and as a family we are trying our best to process the loss and deal with the unknown as best we can until things become clear.
Jake has no living parents or grandparents who can pay for his funeral and as Jake was young and not expecting to depart so early, he has not made any plans for his passing. There is no help available, which means as a family we will do what we can.
We are already so grateful for the kind wishes and support from everyone. It truly does bring warmth and comfort at such a difficult time and makes me proud to be a part of this community. We are honestly extremely grateful for every single penny.
Sadly Jake faced some dark times in his life and made some choices that took him down some paths that other's may not have chosen, but no one lived the life he lived and he was just getting by as best he could; as we all are.
I'm proud to call him my little cousin because he so dearly loved his family and also his friends, who he classed as family. He had a heart of gold and he was loyal to those he loved.
He had massive potential that sadly he will never realise and there are many things he will not get to experience, but regardless of what has happened, or what we are yet to learn, I know he is happy and at peace. I feel it so strongly that he is with his mum and his dad and the rest of his family.
Thank you all in advance, from the bottom of my heart xxxx
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- 7 years ago
Jamie MacDonald
7 years agoThank you so much again to everyone for the incredible generosity and the outpouring of love and support!! It really has been a great comfort to read people's lovely comments in addition to receiving such a huge financial help towards the funeral costs. It was a very difficult and emotional day, but we were able to give Jake a lovely send off and I think we did him proud. Again it is hard to find the right words to express the level of gratitude, but thank you from the bottom of my heart and all the family xxx
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- 7 years ago
Jamie MacDonald
7 years agoI hope people don't mind we walked a day early? We originally planned Friday to give us a day to rest our legs, but thought we better make it Saturday to be able to try and reach the target, but that was met and more on the first day, so sorry to sound like a broken record, but thank you, thank you, thank you!! xxx Thank you so much to Kachise and Bryan for walking with me, it was a special walk with special people and Jake would be proud and also moved by people's generosity, as we all are, so thank you again to each and every one of you xxx
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- 7 years ago
Jamie MacDonald
7 years agoI would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone for donating and sharing!!! I am absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity of people and thank you just doesn't seem enough. I done this quickly yesterday before heading away camping with my family and I got updated while I was away and I was crying, but it was happy tears this time. It truly is such a comfort at a difficult time to know people care and once again from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of my family I thank you all for your kindness. I will reply individually soon x
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Anonymous
Aug 16, 2017
Well done Jamie, your cuz would be proud. Hope you guy's are ok💙.x.X.x.
£30.00
Anonymous
Jul 28, 2017
We cant believe it still !!!The funeral was very touching and you were all so brave sharing Our thoughts are with you Chris & Margaret David x(Laurens mum n dad)
£20.00
carrie michie
Jul 26, 2017
Will be thinking of you all on Friday xx
£10.00
Christophe
Jul 26, 2017
£20.00
douglas miller
Jul 25, 2017
Glad to help out what a sad loss of a young life x.
£20.00
Joan Mac Cormick Ferguson
Jul 25, 2017
Such sad news, RIP Jake 💔
£20.00
tc charlton
Jul 23, 2017
so, sorry for the loss
£50.00
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