Jacob L. Burnham, 17, of West Grove, died Friday, Sept. 28. He was a student at Avon Grove High School and also a student at the Chester County Technical College High School. He was learning about what he loved in the Automotive Technology Services program.
Jacob was all about trucks and his truck, Maggie Mae, was his passion. He had big plans for her. He was always curious as to how things worked. His love of engines started with trains. The family had an entire room dedicated to trains where he spent countless hours tinkering with his Dad. No toys were safe from his investigation and modification. When he was little, he took apart his wired Thomas the Tank Engine. Lego kits were disassembled and modified in some way within days. He had a huge box of various items, outlets, screws and odds and ends left over from his dad’s projects that he spent hours upon hours creating things that would light up or move. As he grew, so did his toys, from go-carts to dirt bikes to eventually anything Mopar & RAM.
Jacob was a sweet and gentle guy with what most would say “an old soul.” Always mature beyond his years and with a gift for reading other people’s feelings, he made everyone he met feel better. His close circle of friends was small but he was a fierce and loyal friend to many.
His future plans included attending UNOH and eventually working for Mopar or Cummins. He had hopes of traveling anywhere a road trip could take him. The world is a sadder place without Jacob in it. The community has lost a friend, present and future and his parents lost their greatest love.
Jacob is survived by his loving parents James and Rebecca, His Aunt Cecilia and Uncle Lawrence Viering and cousin Celie; Uncle John and Aunt Jeri Riddick, cousins Adam, Jesa, Juli, Jani, Jace, and Jovi. Also surviving are Aunt Edith Riddick and cousins Frank and Michael McClure, Aunt Diane and Uncle Danny Wilhite and cousin Carolyn and many more that were considered family and all of his wonderful friends.
You are invited to visit with his family from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, at the Technical College High School, Pennock’s Campus, 280 Pennock’s Bridge Road, West Grove, PA 19380.
A short service will be held at 6.
To view his online tribute and to share a memory with his family, please visit www.griecocares.com
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