Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Greenslitt, Jacob Daniel November 7, 2006
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Bonners Ferry Herald, November 16, 2006
   Jacob Daniel Greenslitt was born on Aug. 12, 1972 to Jim and Marsha
Greenslitt in Astoria, Oregon and passed into the presence of his Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ, on Nov. 7, 2006 at the University of Washington Medical
Center after a 10-month battle with cancer.  He died with grace, courage and
dignity.  Jake attended schools in Chicago, Ill., Spokane, Wash., Kettle Falls,
Wash., and Bonners Ferry, Idaho.  He also attended college at Washington State
University and the University of Idaho.
   Jake brought a tremendous amount of fun and joy to his family and friends. 
He had a very strong sense of adventure and a love for life and love for people
he met along the way.
   In school, Jake was a very good student and did quite well in all of his
classes and in band where he played trombone and sax.  He also excelled in
sports.  He loved football, baseball, track and basketball.  He made All-state
in football and was on a relay track team that won a state title.  He also made
Eagle Scout under the leadership of Dick Brown and Alva Baker.
   After high school, Jake played college football at W.S.U. and the U. of I.
Boosters for about a year.  He then moved to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Seattle,
Wash., and from there to Hawaii.
   In Hawaii, Jake worked in the restaurant business and worked himself into
management at the Dixie Grill.  Every now and then, people from Bonners Ferry
would stop by for lunch or dinner and Jake really enjoyed seeing them.  (Dinners
were on the house for anyone from Bonners Ferry.)
   In the summer of 2005, Jake asked a beautiful girl, Marci Joy, to be his
wife.  She accepted.  Jake, however, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic
Leukemia in January of 2006.  They decided to go forward with the wedding, and
in February of 2006 they had a beautiful outside wedding in Hawaii.  It was a
wonderful time.
   Jake asked that his heart felt thanks be extended to his friends in Bonners
Ferry for all their support, cards, e-mails during his final months and for the
fund raiser held on his behalf.  It was a true blessing to him.
Jake received Jesus as his savior when he was nine or ten years old and was
baptized at Kramer’s Stampede Lake.  Though his life was a short one, it was
lived to the fullest and in the end his heart was opened and touched by the
Lord.  With his wife, Marci, and his mother at his side, Jake passed from this
life into the fullness of heaven with Jesus.
   Jake is survived by his wife, Marci; parents Jim and Marsha; sister and
brother-in-law Erica and Ryan Layton; brother Ben; nephews Blake and Kael
Layton; aunts, uncles and cousins; in-laws Marion and Carol Joy; Mike and Kelly
Blair and niece Ella.
   A memorial service will be held in Becker Auditorium at the high school in
Bonners Ferry, Idaho, at 11:30 a.m. November 18, 2006.
   A luncheon will follow at a place to be announced.  All are invited.



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