Coco Jaxx

Coco Jaxx Deckert, 8 months, died Thursday, January 30, 2020 in Union, New Jersey. Family and friends are invited to Pet Rest In Peace Memorial Center & Crematory, 900 Castle Road, Suite C, Secaucus (towards back of building) on Thursday, February 6th, where a prayer service will be held at 11:00AM, followed by the cremation at 11:30AM. On Sunday, May 24th, what would be Coco’s 1st Birthday, a Celebration of Life at Painter’s Point on South Mountain Reservation, Millburn will be held from 1:00-4:00PM. In lieu of donations for Coco, Veronica has requested donations can be made in her Baby Brother Philip’s honor to either ShatterProof http://www.shatterproof.org or Best Friends http://www.bestfriends.org. Coco was born in Linden and raised in Maplewood, New Jersey. Since he was only 7 weeks, Coco was a Registered Emotional Support Animal through Trinitas Hospital and in training to become a Certified Therapy Cat through Love on a Leash https://www.loveonaleash.org/ Coco had a way about him that made everyone who met him, both cat and dog lovers alike, people afraid of animals, and those who could do without animals altogether, instantly fall in love. Everywhere he went, people wanted more of Coco. He was lured into VIP at the Peach Festival on Montage Mountain and had all the children and sisters fawning over him during the annual Walking Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa. Coco was drawn to all things nature. When camping, he loved burrowing under tents, playing chase with everyone, and hiking with Mommy and his older brothers. He was drawn to various crystals, his favorite being amethyst and rose quartz. He was a natural climber. He loved climbing up tall beds since before he could do stairs, quickly graduating to trees. Coco was known by the Verona Police, Fire, and Sheriff’s for getting stuck up one really tall tree just before Thanksgiving. He personally knew the butcher at the Union ShopRite and the book seller at the Clark Barnes & Noble. He had an open invite to the Maplewood Fire Department after locking his mother out of the car. When he was not disturbing the societal peace, Coco Jaxx was his brother Oliver’s trusty sidekick. Coco and Oliver would run rampant throughout the house, digging up any herb they would smell and getting their little fangs on plastic straws and candy wrappers and delivering them all on Mommy’s head in Mommy’s bed always between the hours of 4:30-6:00AM. Coco knew only love and he shared all he had with all he met. Coco is survived by his mommy, Veronica Ann Deckert; his older brothers, Brooklyn Tux and Oliver Twist; his grandparents, Henry and Mary Ann Deckert; his cousins, Felix, Lazy Louis, and Franky Fingers, and all those whose hearts he’s touched. He was predeceased by his older sister, Whitley Burrito, and his uncle, Philip Deckert.