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Jenna Nicole Burleigh

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Jenna Nicole Burleigh

Birth
Harrisburg, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
2 Sep 2017 (aged 22)
Burial
Roslyn, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Father Joseph Edward Burleigh III
Mother Jacqueline (Zazyczny) Burleigh
Grandfather Joseph Edward Burleigh Jr. MEMORIAL ID 196136857

Jenna Nicole Burleigh, 22, of Harleysville, PA, passed away suddenly on September 2, 2017.

Born November 4, 1994 in Harrisburg, PA, she was a daughter of Joseph Edward Burleigh, III and Jacqueline (Zazyczny) Burleigh. She was a 2013 graduate of Souderton Area High School and received her associate degree in liberal arts from Montgomery County Community College. She was currently a junior at Temple University majoring in film and media studies.

Jenna enjoyed spending time with family and friends enjoying life. She devoted a lot of her time combatting racism, homelessness, and sexism, as well as defending the rights for the L.G.B.T.Q.I.A. community. Jenna was “unapologetically herself” and used fashion to express herself. She loved attending the Philadelphia Folk Festival and time spent with her family in Avalon, NJ. She was particularly fond of her younger cousins.

In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Janelle Burleigh; two brothers, Jeb and Jacob Burleigh; her grandparents, Dorothy Burleigh and Joseph and Martha Zazyczny; 13 aunts and uncles; and 13 cousins. Jenna was an animal lover and will also be missed by her dogs, Jay and Koda.

She was preceded in death by a grandfather, Joseph Edward Burleigh, Jr.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing from 5-8PM on Thurs., Sept. 7, at Williams-Bergey-Koffel Funeral Home, Inc., 667 Harleysville Pike, Telford (Franconia Twp.), PA, and on Friday from 9-10:30AM at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 1601 Derstine Rd., Hatfield, PA. Friends are also invited to the funeral mass on Friday, September 8 at the church at 11AM. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Jenna’s memory to Jenna’s Blessing Bags for the Homeless. Checks can be made payable to “Univest Foundation – Jenna’s Blessing Bags” and sent to Univest Foundation, 14 N. Main St., P. O. Box 197, Souderton, PA 18964. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.WilliamsBergeyKoffel.com.
Father Joseph Edward Burleigh III
Mother Jacqueline (Zazyczny) Burleigh
Grandfather Joseph Edward Burleigh Jr. MEMORIAL ID 196136857

Jenna Nicole Burleigh, 22, of Harleysville, PA, passed away suddenly on September 2, 2017.

Born November 4, 1994 in Harrisburg, PA, she was a daughter of Joseph Edward Burleigh, III and Jacqueline (Zazyczny) Burleigh. She was a 2013 graduate of Souderton Area High School and received her associate degree in liberal arts from Montgomery County Community College. She was currently a junior at Temple University majoring in film and media studies.

Jenna enjoyed spending time with family and friends enjoying life. She devoted a lot of her time combatting racism, homelessness, and sexism, as well as defending the rights for the L.G.B.T.Q.I.A. community. Jenna was “unapologetically herself” and used fashion to express herself. She loved attending the Philadelphia Folk Festival and time spent with her family in Avalon, NJ. She was particularly fond of her younger cousins.

In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Janelle Burleigh; two brothers, Jeb and Jacob Burleigh; her grandparents, Dorothy Burleigh and Joseph and Martha Zazyczny; 13 aunts and uncles; and 13 cousins. Jenna was an animal lover and will also be missed by her dogs, Jay and Koda.

She was preceded in death by a grandfather, Joseph Edward Burleigh, Jr.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing from 5-8PM on Thurs., Sept. 7, at Williams-Bergey-Koffel Funeral Home, Inc., 667 Harleysville Pike, Telford (Franconia Twp.), PA, and on Friday from 9-10:30AM at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 1601 Derstine Rd., Hatfield, PA. Friends are also invited to the funeral mass on Friday, September 8 at the church at 11AM. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Jenna’s memory to Jenna’s Blessing Bags for the Homeless. Checks can be made payable to “Univest Foundation – Jenna’s Blessing Bags” and sent to Univest Foundation, 14 N. Main St., P. O. Box 197, Souderton, PA 18964. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.WilliamsBergeyKoffel.com.

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