My beloved son,I was always so proud of you! my heart’s heavy,may the Lord give me strength ❤️..till I see you again!

It’s hard to imagine that you are not with us. You are already missed deeply.

Forever in my heart. I hold sacred all the great memories of you. I love you Jbone 💙

Rest in peace sweet handsome guy.
Deeply loved, Deeply missed !

Rest in peace brother. You were one of the most genuine people I have ever crossed paths with. God bless you.

Gone too soon rest in peace

Jared was the greatest friend I could ever ask for, him being gone will leave an emptiness in our lives that can never be filled. He truly was well rounded. His grasp on life was that which few are able to achieve. He was the type of person who would always be there and relied upon. We should all take solace in that in the end, we will be with him again. Rest easy my friend.

a true blessing to have been able to grow up with jared, a true loss for everyone. Rest easy ❤️

It’s hard to know that you are no longer with us. Your family and I will always hold our memories close ❤️ Until we meet again someday, may you rest in heavenly peace. ❤️

To everyone reading this ,thank you so much for your condolences and kind words and helping the family heal their pains… The celebration of life on February 8th at Fred Howard Park.. I hope everyone can make it by noon to 2:00 please be comfortable and dress as you .please it is a casual event. I have the shelter all day that is why it is worded that way.. and for those who cannot make it,
I totally understand but maybe you can stop by and we can share a story I live close by and I can be reached, thank you

Much love brother ♥️ We had some good times all the way through middle and high school as I’ll cherrish them forever in your memory 🙏🏼 Rest in paradise my friend till we all meet again.

I’m so deeply saddened to hear about your passing. We shared so many memories from our school days, and I will always cherish the times we spent together. You were such a kind and vibrant person, and it’s hard to believe you’re gone. My heart goes out to your family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time. You will be missed more than words can express. Rest in peace, my friend.

I’m lucky to be blessed with so many memories of Jared. I got to watch him follow Alex around and fish off the dock. I remember days of riding dirt bikes and taking the boat out with a cooler full of sandwiches from the corner store. Drew remembers jumping off the causeway and blasting music in the car with the boys.
We are truly sad to say goodbye, but we will meet again soon 🩵

The short time we shared at work was enough to love you and know that you were good, loving, polite and noble. Rest in peace Jared. I will remember you forever.

Rest In Peace, we will always remember you. 🕊️

Jared even as a first grader you were so intelligent with a sweet sly smile. That’s how I’ll always remember you. 💙

May your spirit fly with the angels.

CLEYDE P VANDENBROEK
(ANTHONY C VANDENBROEK )
Grandfather died 2013
We live in Brazil, lucky we were there for your birth great grandson.
Good memories in the many times we visited and lived in USA we meet you.
I can not forget in 2015 when my sister and I spent some days with Mark, and on the day we left, back to Brazil , Alex and Jared came from Tarpon Spring to NPR to say bye bye to us, unforgettable loving attitude.
Love you Jared, say hi to Dad

You are forever in our hearts

It is tough when you lose a child. Lost a son 2 years ago.

Jared,
In my heart you will always be 5 years old and playing in the block corner of my classroom. You were kind, creative and loved being outside in nature. Though it’s been a few years, I hate the thought of not seeing you here, but hope to see you someday fishing in heaven. ❤️

Eric, Sandy, & Amy,

My heart breaks for you as you navigate through this unimaginable sorrow. May the love and memories you shared bring you some measure of comfort during this difficult time.

For all those who attended the celebration of life and those who could not ,but were there in spirit and prayers.. I was overwhelmed by the amount of love and caring from all of you! And I am so glad that my son meant so much to everyone! And he will be with us in spirit always! So again I want to thank each and everyone of you.. and I am always easy to find. And I wish you all the best and much success in life! ❤️JARED❤️

https://hoodline.com/2025/01/tragic-collision-claims-lives-of-motorcyclist-and-teenager-in-pasco-county/

I just wanted people to see that it wasn’t his fault.. two boys walked in front of him at midnight.. how does that happen 🤷.. I can only thank God needed more angels.. I also wanted to share that Jared with an organ donor.. and his eyes did go to save someone’s sight.. rest in peace son ❤️💋🌺

Jared was always kind to me. He was such a sweet soul and he will be dearly missed. Jared meant so much to Jon and our family. It is such a difficult loss. I pray you are resting in heavenly peace, enjoying the afterlife and saving a spot for all of us to meet again one day! Until then, rest easy friend.

My heart will forever ache for your wonderful hugs 💔 those long arms gave me peace so many times my son

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY WONDERFUL FRIEND SEAN JOHNSON FOR DOING THE EULOGY !!!
For Jared
Welcome, my name is Sean. On behalf of Eric, Amy, Alex & Jared. Thank you for attending
this gathering to remember the life of Jared Mark Vandenbroek. I didn’t know Jared in adult life
very well. I did get to see him grow up sporadically after mine & Erics paths crossed in
2006/7? I don’t have a bunch of stories about Jared’s short life. Other than I do know he
tried to live as full of one as possible. It’s times like these we are reminded how slim the
margins are regarding the limited time we spend in this plane of existence. Even more
sorrowful when someone so young is pulled from us. It’s hard not to be devastated when all
the things that could’ve been, will never be and the certainty of it ALL is thrown in our face.
Jared was taken from us way too soon! My prayers have been with the Vandenbroek’s since
the minute I heard of Jared’s passing. One thing for certain, we ALL come into this world,
live our lives and then move on. It happens to every single one of us! The one true &
absolute common denominator! Once we arrive, it is for certain we will leave. The worlds
death rate is one for one! The really cruel part is we have no idea when or how our
departure will be. Maybe it’s actually a blessing that we don’t know. When Eric asked me to
say these words today. He said I would do better as I was more religious than he. I was
honored but told him I would prefer to be known as spiritual. Religion tends to promote
thinking what I believe, is right and what you believe is wrong. I truly believe there is no
wrong way to forge a personal relationship with our creator. The paths we choose or the
ones chosen leading to that relationship is as individual and unique as each and everyone
of us. Sometimes we don’t even realize we’re actually on a path at all. I know for many,
many years I didn’t. However, today I am sure of a few things. Everything we know of,
everything that surrounds us is in constant motion. Everything dances in synchronous
relation and spins around each other. Even the observable Universe is cyclic in nature. New
becoming old, dying then becoming new again. The ancient Chinese have a beautiful
symbol to explain this. Yin Yang, where one ends the other begins. Some just call it the
circle of life. Is there a great beyond? Is this life all there is? By the evidence provided by
nature itself, I would say there is definitely more to come! Mark Twain once said “ I have
never seen what seemed to be one atom of truth that there is a future afterlife. Yet I am
strongly inclined to expect one!” We ALL seem to have our doubts and fears when it comes
to thinking about our own fate and what lies beyond. But the evidence is ALL around us
since the beginning of time, that we absolutely do go on! The minute our soul occupies our
body’s. Our winding journey back to meet our creator is set. We ALL cross the threshold
that Jared recently has. He is now in the presence of God! He is being prepared for the next
chapter. He has now been transformed! For those of us left behind, we are saddened. We
feel a piece of us has been torn away from us, just ripped away! Yet there is good news! For what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory that will be revealed to us! God
heals the broken hearted and binds their wounds! Please join me in a moment of silence as
we think of Jared and ALL he meant to us and how lucky we were to be able to share time
with him when he walked among us…
We will ALL awaken on a strange & alien shore
We will ALL breathe fresh clean air
We will ALL be free of the pain that tormented us
We will ALL reach out to a warm & welcoming hand that will guide us into the next chapter
With knowing these things and hope in our hearts
We do not have to say goodbye to Jared Today
We can say
Have a good time buddy
And
We’ll see you later!
Amen