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Rachel Jacobs

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Rachel Jacobs

Birth
Huntington Woods, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Death
12 May 2015 (aged 39)
Port Richmond, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Ferndale, Oakland County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4526459, Longitude: -83.129932
Plot
Section 10, Row 6, Lot 19, Grave 328AA
Memorial ID
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Killed in the Amtrack Derailment in Philadelphia Pa
Rachel was a CEO of ApprenNet and Commuted
From her home here in NYC to her
job in Philadelphia

She leaves behind a husband
and a two yr old Son .

The 39-year-old mother of two previously worked at McGraw-Hill, leading the expansion of the company's career-learning business into China, India and the Middle East, and Ascend Learning, another education-technology firm.

Jacobs hadn't been heard from since the crash. Her friends and colleagues searched frantically for her for hours. ApprenNet co-founder Emily Foote Williams went to Amtrak's 30th Street Station in Philadelphia with her picture, and the company posted a message on Twitter saying it hoped she would be reunited with her family soon.

Jacobs was a passionate entrepreneur and community builder on behalf of Detroit expats. In 2007, she founded an organization called Detroit Nation. It has local chapters in cities around the country, aiming to unite Detroit expats and encourage them to stay active in the revitalization efforts of their home city, said Alex VanNess, who knew Jacobs through the organization


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Killed in the Amtrack Derailment in Philadelphia Pa
Rachel was a CEO of ApprenNet and Commuted
From her home here in NYC to her
job in Philadelphia

She leaves behind a husband
and a two yr old Son .

The 39-year-old mother of two previously worked at McGraw-Hill, leading the expansion of the company's career-learning business into China, India and the Middle East, and Ascend Learning, another education-technology firm.

Jacobs hadn't been heard from since the crash. Her friends and colleagues searched frantically for her for hours. ApprenNet co-founder Emily Foote Williams went to Amtrak's 30th Street Station in Philadelphia with her picture, and the company posted a message on Twitter saying it hoped she would be reunited with her family soon.

Jacobs was a passionate entrepreneur and community builder on behalf of Detroit expats. In 2007, she founded an organization called Detroit Nation. It has local chapters in cities around the country, aiming to unite Detroit expats and encourage them to stay active in the revitalization efforts of their home city, said Alex VanNess, who knew Jacobs through the organization


Will be updated

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