Jennifer M. Harris, 55, beloved wife of Julie A. Sacco, for 26 years, passed away on Monday, June 12, 2023. She was adored by Julie, loved by family and friends and revered by her pets.
Jen had a beautiful, endless smile, wicked, sarcastic, sense of humor and filled any space she was in with warmth and joy. She loved her pets and family and was devoted to her friends and dedicated to her job.
There is no measure for the space she leaves in the hearts and lives of the people who knew and loved her. She will be missed but never forgotten.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to your favorite animal charity or local pet shelter.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home, 905 High Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840. For those wishing to leave online condolences, please visit www.cochranfuneral.com.
31 Condolences for Harris, Jennifer
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Howard M Wahlberg says
June 12, 2023 at 8:40 pmTo Jennifer’s loved ones:
Please accept our most sincere condolences on Jennifer’s passing. May the memories you carry of her serve as a blessing and a balm as you face this difficult time. We worked with Lion Technology; in fact we both recorded the words that Jennifer wrote many times over the years, and are both so proud to have been a part of her important work.–Patricia Durante and Howard Wahlberg
Thom Leonard says
June 13, 2023 at 8:58 amJulie, please accept our condolences on Jen’s passing. She was a
blessing and I enjoyed her jokes very much. Till we all meet again!
Love Thom and Russell
Kym Taborn says
June 14, 2023 at 4:32 pmJennifer was a positive influence in my life. I am a better person for it. I enjoyed her creativity and humor. She made me think. I will miss her.
Robin, Rich & Danny Bahnsen says
June 13, 2023 at 4:35 pmJulie and Family,
Our deepest condolences on the passing of Jen. She will forever be remembered for her bright smile and great humor. She was always spoken so highly of and was a pleasure to be around. May you find comfort during this difficult time.
Love, Robin, Richie & Danny Bahnsen
Anne says
June 13, 2023 at 7:31 pmWe will miss her long detail oriented stories, unique sense of humor, empathy for others and love for her family, coworkers, friends and animals. She was truly one of a kind, all those who were privileged enough to know her are better for it. We love you, Aunt Jen <3
Joel Gregier says
June 14, 2023 at 12:39 pmJen was my first “real boss” after college, and I am truly lucky it was her. She developed me into the worker I am today, and I don’t think I would be here without her guidance. She was always someone I could bounce off ideas, and also clarification if there was some “gray” area. We were almost always on the same page with our conclusions. I’ll fondly remember playing cribbage with her on our work breaks. There is a huge gap left at Lion with her passing. She’s not someone you can just replace.
Thank you, Jen, for all you did for us. Condolences to those that you leave behind. You will be missed.
Laura K says
June 14, 2023 at 12:44 pmTo Jennifer’s loved ones:
I only had the privilege of working with Jen for a short time but her zest for life was infectious. She always brightened a room with her humor and laughter. I loved hearing her stories, her perspective on life, the trials of trying new recipes to cook, day-in-the-life stories about her wife and animals…. it was always entertaining and enlightening. I know she will be remembered fondly here at work and in life. I send my deepest comfort for your loss, she truly was a bright light in this world.
Scott Dunsmore says
June 14, 2023 at 12:48 pmJulie and family.
My heartfelt sympathies to you all. The loss of Jen leaves a big hole in the hearts of everyone that called her family, friend, or colleague. However, it is filled with great memories. I will miss the varied personal and professional conversations, her unique humor, (including her chair vamp), our obscure Seinfeld references and Festivus celebrations, and even her disdain for the Yankees. She worked hard, but found a way to have fun. She was an excellent trainer/teacher and will leave a lasting imprint on the company and the many people that will be the recipient of training through her voice. I treasured our shared collegiality and will miss her tremendously as a colleague and friend. I wish you peace amidst the sadness.
-Scott
Winter says
June 14, 2023 at 12:51 pmJen was an absolute pistol of a person. She laughed loudly, loved deeply, and filled the room with her own type of sunshine. My gratitude for her impact on my life cannot be confined by words – and I am sure that all that have known her must feel the same.
Sending my deepest condolences and love to Julie, the family, and Jen’s mountain of friends. She will be perpetually missed.
Rosie Bottone says
June 14, 2023 at 1:11 pmDear Julie,
Jen was, without a doubt, one of a kind! She had a kind heart and was secretly a big teddy bear. She taught me all about “snark” with her wicked funny sense of humor. She was quite brilliant, helped me throughout my career, and taught me so much. Her absence will leave an unfillable void. I am so sorry for this terrible, sad, and unfair loss. I offer you my most sincere condolences.
Jennifer W. says
June 14, 2023 at 1:31 pmJulie & family,
It was an absolute privilege to work with someone like Jen, whose sense of humour and extra zesty brand of sassiness brought much joy to even the most mundane interactions at work. I will miss our conversations about all things sci-fi and our ongoing war over the Take 5 bars in the candy dish. I’m grateful to have known Jen, if only for a short time, and will miss her deeply.
My heartfelt condolences to Julie, to the family, and to all of her friends.
Joan L Green says
June 14, 2023 at 1:55 pmJulie and family,
I am not good at expressing myself. I take things far too seriously, that has always been my nature.
I worked with Jennifer, all of her 23 years with Lion. I never called her Jen, always Jennifer.
I could always count on her for any help I needed. She was an excellent teacher and trainer and will be missed by everyone who came in contact with her. She will be missed especially for being herself.
My deepest condolences to you all. I am so sorry for this very sad loss.
Kelly Leavitt says
June 14, 2023 at 2:11 pmI knew Jen for more than 20 years. She was a lovely person with a quick wit and biting sarcasm. I will miss her.
Love and condolences to Julie and all of Jen’s friends.
Ross Kellogg says
June 14, 2023 at 2:36 pmI know we are all going to miss Jen so much. I have tried to write something here at least a dozen times and I get too emonal to really express how sad I am, and what a huge whole in our lives Jen is going to leave.
I have not gotten to see Jen very much in the last couple years, but she will always beone of my favorite people. And as someone who also has had to travel, and loved being home with her pets and Julie; I know she understood.
I will miss you everyday, and my deepest condolences to all her loved ones.
Love you Jen
Ive Fernandez says
June 14, 2023 at 3:23 pmYou will be missed greatly. Your happiness and friendliness always made the workday better. You will always be in our hearts.
Timothy May says
June 14, 2023 at 3:34 pmJulie,
My deepest condolences on the passing of Jen, I worked with Jen for many years, creating Lions online training courses, Jen was excellent at giving detailed instructions on how the training courses should be developed, she created over 75 online courses in the past 23 years and always did it with a smile, she will be sorely missed.
Tim
Lee Ann Tripp says
June 14, 2023 at 4:17 pmI am so sorry to hear of this. Jen hired me at Lion Technology in 2006 – it was my first “real” job after graduate school. She took me under her wing and coached me through how to run a production schedule, work with a printer and how to project manage – these skills became the bedrock of my career. Her humor was infectious and she was always a bright light in the room. I’ll always remember her open and loving heart – for animals and people alike. This is a tremendous loss for all.
Wade Ramsey says
June 14, 2023 at 4:53 pmSo very heartbroken. I graduated from K-State with Jen, and share so very many great memories of laughter, her biting wit, her keen intellect, and her pure selflessness. For Julie…I am certain that an overwhelming number of those memories will bring you comfort in time. The world is a dimmer place without Jen.
Teresina says
June 14, 2023 at 5:19 pmJulie and Family,
It was a privilege to work with and for Jen. I will miss her humor, her laughter, and our sometimes deep and sometimes silly conversations about the oddities of life and language.
My deepest condolences for your loss. My heart goes out to you.
Dyann - “Geek” says
June 14, 2023 at 6:59 pmJulie and family,
I know words will ring hollow in the emptiness that is left behind by her absence. Everything everyone has said are all true. Jen was an amazing person, biting and sharp sense of humor, smart, funny but even all those adjective’s still don’t quite capture the essence of her. I have so many memories and am so glad that she was a part of my life and am glad for the last time we saw each other in person and then the zoom calls. I will miss you being the force of nature in this world with your laugh and observational commentary.
Jared says
June 14, 2023 at 8:09 pmWhen you can do it all, you end up wearing a lot of hats. I had the privilege of working with Jen through many of them, but I have a lasting impression of the hat she wore during my early days with the company. I needed to frequently pick her brain which meant leaving my “downstairs dungeon” and paying her a visit in her office upstairs. Each time I dropped in, I knew I wouldn’t be able to leave without a chat about our pets, the many pins she’d collected in her travels, or baseball (I especially enjoyed our debates about steroids and the designated hitter). My condolences on this terrible loss. She will be greatly missed.
Paige Siskin says
June 14, 2023 at 8:42 pmJulie, my deepest condolences to you! Jen was one of a kind, she shared her self and enriched our lives because of it. I have great affection for you both and am surrounding you with love from across the country. May you know peace and grace in the difficult time. Paige
Lee Ann Coniglione says
June 14, 2023 at 9:11 pmDear Julie, Family, and Friends,
My sincerest and heartfelt condolences. I had the privilege of being hired by Jen to work at Lion Technology nine years ago. She was wicked smart, had the absolute best laugh that was contagious, and always loved to interject a bit of obscure trivia into our conversations. She was the rare type of person that made you feel smarter after talking to her for 5 minutes. You always learned something from Jen. Somehow, we would manage to turn what should be a three-minute conversation about PowerPoint slides into a 15-minute sidebar about spouses, kids, our dogs (and her and Julie’s cats!) and recipes. While I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to have been mentored by Jen and grow under her wing, I will eternally cherish those qualities that she held dear to her heart and helped to bring out in others… her unwavering and pure love for her spouse, Julie; her love and devotion to family and friends; and her loyalty and truthfulness in all she did and spoke. I miss you terribly my dear friend. I will still carry on with our chats.
Julia Andreasen says
June 16, 2023 at 12:56 amHeart-hugs to Julie, Family & Friends. May your precious memories of Jen bring comfort to you always.
Jen was an amazing person with a brilliant mind, witty humor, and endless potential. She adored animals; had a great green thumb for office houseplants; shared her delicious, cooking creations with her coworkers; enjoyed working on challenging puzzles and games; and thrived on writing fantasy-fiction stories as well as creating real-world teaching materials.
She simplified the complex by asking how to learn about new data and skills, as if she was a mere five-year old. She was truly blessed with being multi-talented in many different areas.
I always admired how much genius-level information Jen had packed into her brain and wondered how much more she could absorb into that endless noggin’ of hers. She seemed to have a constant desire to know as much as she could about almost everything within our vast and awesome universe; and what she didn’t know about it before, she does now, in the “great beyond.”
Dom and Nancy Lopresti says
June 16, 2023 at 11:37 pmJen and Julie were our Jai Alai restaurant dinner buddies. We are so sad over her sudden passing and extend our live, sympathy and prayers to Julie, Jens family and the fur babies! Jen will be missed.
Adara says
June 17, 2023 at 11:33 pmTo my dear friend Jen my heart is broken for you and Julie. You will be greatly missed. You will be always in my thoughts and prayers. God speed wonderful woman.
Tracie Kennedy says
June 20, 2023 at 9:13 pmTo Julie, Family and Friends,
My deepest sympathy for your loss. Jen will forever be in our hearts.
When I first met Jen 20+ years ago I knew we would be friends. We had common interests and shared a similar sense of humor. We had fun and laughs in and out of work. No one told a story like Jen. She was a pretty awesome person.
We all hope to make an impact on others in our lifetime, and Jen certainly did that.
Jen, you will be missed my friend.
-Tracie
Sis Herb says
June 26, 2023 at 2:16 pmJulie,
I am so sorry to hear of the passing of your beloved Jen. Please accept my deepest condolences during this very difficult time.
Sis Herb
Tammy says
June 28, 2023 at 12:42 pmDear Julie, family and friends,
I’ve started this message many times. How do you say good-bye to someone who was bigger than life; to someone who could light up the room and take command no matter who else was there before her; to someone who was extremely kind, brilliant and had a sense of humor like no other? Jen was a forever teenager for many years until she decided to try her hand at adulting on her 50th Birthday.
Anyone who knew her knew how committed she was to Julie, her family, her fur-kids, her friends, and her job. She leaves behind an amazing legacy at Lion with the 80+ online courses she developed and multiple co-workers and clients she educated along the way. Jen was a colleague and friend who was forever willing to bring out my inner-youth like daring me to make snow angels after lunch; take an ice cream run to try taylor-ham-french toast-maple syrup ice cream and more. I will miss her snarky humor and belly laugh.
I will miss her every day!
Thinking of you all!
– Tammy
Andrea says
July 28, 2023 at 4:26 pmJulie and family,
I was Jen’s grad school roommate for years and learned so much from her—not sciency stuff but about life—Red Lobster and dogs and Hong Kong and football and I don’t know what all else. We had lost touch but I’ve often wished I could reconnect with her. Just the other day I was telling someone about her “reset brownies” at our craft nights. She was a blast! Cuddles (or whatever they would like) to her pets and deepest sympathies to Julie.
Kim Russell says
August 11, 2023 at 11:50 pmJulie and family.
I was a friend from graduate school (and a roommate for a short period). Jen was one of my very favorite people during that time of my life. I used to stop by her lab on the regular to have a chat and she always made me laugh. Just so clever and fun. We bonded over science and Xena and BtVS. I recall her excitement when she told me she’d met someone (Julie) — I was so happy for her. Sadly, once she left TN, we completely fell out of touch. But I always had such fond memories. Just so sorry for your loss (and the world’s loss). Take care.
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