Jackson Thomas Loveless
Jackson Thomas Loveless
Jackson
Thomas Loveless, age 14, passed away at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt
Lake City on December 3, 2017.
Jackson
was born in Boise, ID where he lived for a few years until he moved to Caldwell
with his parents.
Jackson and his
parents later moved to Wasilla, Alaska where his dad established a construction
business.
When Jackson
was four days old, he was diagnosed with a life threatening and disabling congenital
condition which led to his first of many brain and other surgeries at Primary
Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City.
Jackson faced his challenges with great courage and spirit, and was an
absolute joy to his family and friends.
Through
the years, Jackson’s parents and Jackson faced very complex and difficult
decisions regarding his medical options.
Their focus was always on Jackson having the best quality of life
possible.
The amount of time that
Jackson spent at Primary Children’s Hospital was extensive. The love, support
and highly skilled medical care of the hospital’s physicians and staff,
particularly the neurosurgery team led by Dr. Douglas Brockmeyer, was incredible.
Primary Children’s Hospital became a
second home and family to Jackson and his family.
The Hampton
Inn & Suites near the hospital also became a second home and family. The
staff at the Hampton, particularly General Manager Rik Pearson, loved Jackson
and were very helpful and generous.
The
Hampton’s attachment to Jackson was so strong that it named its Primary
Children’s Hospital reduced rate program “Jackson’s Room”.
In remembrance of Jackson, a fund has been
created to further reduce these rates.
The Hampton, its owners and its parent company will undertake annual
fund raising in an effort to make this fund perpetual.
Jackson
attended Meadowlakes Elementary School near his home in Wasilla.
At Meadowlakes he made great strides in a
nurturing environment with many friends and a wonderful teacher’s aide, Carla
Croghan.
He went on to Houston High
School, where he was the football team manager.
Jackson
had many interests.
He loved swimming,
horseback riding, fishing and boating.
In August 2015, Jackson won his age class at the Humpy Fishing Derby, on
Montana Creek northwest of Wasilla.
Jackson loved flags, proudly displaying the Idaho and Alaska flags in
his bedroom. He enjoyed visiting the flag park in Wasilla.
Jackson was a Star Trek, Star Wars and
Superheroes fan. He enjoyed playing games on his tablet, watching movies and
listening to music.
Jackson was a very
dapper dresser, generally sporting a tie, a hat and even a blazer. His tie
collection was enormous, ranging from the fun to the elegant.
Jackson
is survived by his parents, Joshua Stanton Loveless and Katherine Ann Burgoyne;
grandparents Steve and Barbara Loveless, and Grant and Christy DeMeyer
Burgoyne; maternal great grandmother Aileen DeMeyer; aunts and uncles Keith
DeMeyer, Gary (Ginger) DeMeyer, Cody Loveless, Shiloah (Pete) Wilson, Muriah
(Anthony) Pineda, Crystal Burgoyne and Casey Feskens; and cousins Lola
Feskens-Burgoyne, Calvin Feskens-Burgoyne, Kayli Garcia, Jaden Pineda, Trey
Pineda, Sean Jensen, Alex Loveless and Wren Wilson.
A
service for Jackson will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 2017 at
the Hillview United Methodist Church, 8525 Ustick Road, Boise.
To honor Jackson’s love for ties, please wear
or bring a tie to the service.
Feel free
to wear it with whatever attire you choose, as Jackson loved ties so much he
would wear them with anything, including his T-shirts and sweatpants.
In lieu
of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Jackson Loveless
Memorial Account at the Hampton Inn & Suites Salt Lake
City-University/Foothill, 1345 South Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah
84108, phone 801-583-3500. (Donations are not tax deductible at this time.)
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Jackson Thomas Loveless, please visit our flower store.
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