Jacob Ryan Van Valkenburg, infant son of Roy & Becky (Bisbee) Van Valkenburg, was born at 32 weeks and passed into the arms of his eternal Father in Heaven on Saturday, July 14, 2012. Although he never took a breath outside his Mother's Womb, Jacob provided great joy to his family in a way that only he could and he will be greatly missed by all who knew that joy. Besides his Mother & Father, Jacob is survived by his big brother, Samuel and big sister Megan Van Valkenburg. Maternal Grandparents, John & Carol Bisbee of South Ripley, Paternal Grandparents, Brenda & Terry Yankoski of Sherman, N.Y. and Dan & Linda Van Valkenburg of Riverview, Fla. Aunt Shannon Biekarck of Mayville, N.Y., Uncle Tad Yankoski of St. Louis, Mo. Uncles Paul Bisbee (Mary) of Erie, Michael Bisbee (Darlene) of South Ripley and William Bisbee (Jen) of Erie, Pa. Aunts Lynn Bisbee (Tommy Williams) of North East, Pa., Holly Bisbee of Fredericksburg, Va. As well as many cousins and other family. Jacob is predeceased by his Uncle Clifford Bisbee, Great Great Aunt Bessie Loveless, as well as his Maternal Great Grand Parents, and Paternal Great Grand Parents and other distant family. The funeral service will be held Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 12 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Sherman, with the Rev. Paul Sears, officiating. Burial will be in Sherman Cemetery. Friends and family will be received for 1 hour prior to the service at church on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Arrangements by Spitzer Funeral Home, Sherman, N.Y. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Sherman, PO Box 400, Sherman, NY 14781 or a
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Published in the Erie Times-News on July 17, 2012
