I will always feel blessed that you chose to spend your time and love with me.  Always will you be a part of me, dear Jack. 

Jack worked for my father for many years, helping him with deliveries for his business, I forget how old I was when he first started there, (I think around ten) and when I would help my father out during the summers, Jack would always have tons of wild and wonderful stories to tell! While much of it may have been greatly exaggerated, the flair for the exaggeration is what made it worth listening to. Jack worked for my father until he decided to retire earlier this year and enjoy his time with Doris, and sometimes coming by to pick something up at the place I worked...in fact...about a week or so before he went onwards into the sunset was the last time i saw him. And as always it brought a smile to my face, in many ways he was like a crazy and wonderful uncle that was always ready for an adventure. And a part of that will live on with all the lives he touched, im not sure if he was a Lord of the Rings fan or not but in many ways he reminded me of Gandalf, and so I will end by saying this, two quotes he might agree with that were made by Gandalf the grey and Gandalf the white: "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

And: "PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way.

GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.

PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?

GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.

PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad.

GANDALF: No. No, it isn't."

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King

Sampson loved Jack. I hope they have a chance to meet up on the other side. Like all humans, Jack was complex, brilliant, and contrary to expectations. He was kind to me, my crew, and Sampson. My condolences to the family-who are all also complex, brilliant, and contrary to expectations. Love Angela 

My first year on cast I was in the Barbarian horde playing RazaLuna (a witch/seer), and Jack quickly became like a crazy uncle to me. Listening to his stories and jokes was always a highlight of my day and he really helped me feel comfortable despite being super nervous to approach patrons and perform on path. I'm no longer on cast due to life craziness, but I still go out at least one weekend every season, and I still like to dress as RazaLuna every once in a while when I'm feeling nostalgic.

Me and a few of the other barbarians went out to his vineyard one year to help him prune and clean up, and while we were there he gave me a sunbleached racoon skull and I've kept it all these years. Now it's been decorated and made into an attachment for RazaLuna's garb, so she can always carry her crazy uncle Hordez with her at Faire and beyond.