Funeral expenses Jenica Peña-Francesconi Family

Last night, Friday August 7, 2020, my sister-in-law Jenica Peña-Francesconi was on her way home from work on an Idaho back country highway bringing dinner home to her husband.   


The two adored each other.   They grew up on the same street only a few houses apart.  While they had a few twists in their individual paths, they finally united together seven years ago and have been happily married ever since. 




Tragically, Jenica was killed in a car accident around 9 pm.  She passed on the scene of the accident. According to EMS it was quick and she did not suffer.

This June 2020, Jenica and her family had lost her mother six weeks earlier and had been heartbroken everyday since her passing.

Family is everything to Jenica.  She loved being a mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, wife, aunt, cousin,  and friend.


Please hug your loved ones a little tighter to honor her. 

Anthony will  be handling control of the account, when he is able, and I am helping set this up so he doesn't have to worry about this. 


Anthony and Jenica's Love Story in Anthony's words.

I routinely download my Facebook data. Tonight I went into the folder and found the message log between Jenica and I. Our very first message and the first time I had talked to one of my best high school friends in 25 years.
She lived across the street three houses up from where I lived.

True story:. I'm my senior year of high school, Jenica gave me a 3x5 school picture of herself, she wrote on the back, something to the effect of "For my best friend... Love Jenica" I was so clueless, i missed out on many years by missing that cue. Anyway..I saved that picture and I still have it in my top drawer at home. All those years, all the moving, etc..I kept that picture. She didn't believe me when I had told her about it back in 2010. When we met in person 2 years later I showed it to her. She asked me why I never asked her out, she was kind of shy and was trying to tell me she had feelings. I was too high to get a clue. Kids...Don't smoke pot. Anyway, I am going to keep that picture for the rest of my life and have it buried with me.

After 25 years we picked up conversation and a calm comfort like it had only been an hour since we'd last seen each other. We went out for dinner and talked for hours. I knew, actually I knew she was my soul mate the minute I saw her amazingly beautiful eyes, the comfortable feeling that followed just reaffirmed my belief. I got to spend several hours with her that day December 21, 2012 ( very true). While we were all waiting for the world to end, my life was just beginning anew on that day

We were still dealing with a 500 mile difference, I had to get back to work and she had to do the same. We must have shared 15,000 messages between that first date to the day she came to spend the rest of her life with me in Montana. 12/21/2012 to 2/14/13 (I started reading the messages about 1 am and I'm only on January 6th.). Those were the longest 45 days not being able to hold her hand, gaze into her eyes and hear her beautiful voice in person.

It seemed like forever...I was almost ready to quit my job and move, but I had a son in high school, she also had a son in high school and one in elementary school, so up and moving wasn't much of an option. However... On February 10th she told me she couldn't wait any longer. She wanted to come be with me. I never told her, but at that time I didn't have more than $10 to my name. I had to figure out a way to get at least $200 to put gas in my truck to make the trip. I wasn't about to tell her, I didn't want anything to stop what was set in motion. She wouldn't have wanted me to sell a few things to get the money, and that we could wait for a week. So being as resourceful as possible, I was able to get just enough money to make the trip.
As I pulled up in the drive I was greeted outside by her and her son Trevor. I still remember what he said. "Hey, you have a goatee". Also her dad and mom were outside. Funny, I was still as scared of her dad as I was back in 1988, he was very protective of his daughters. To be honest, I am still a little scared of him, but I also have came to love him as a father.

We loaded up and left for Montana. I admired her strength, she loved me so much she was willing to give up her life in Idaho, everything that was familiar to her, and for the first time in her life, being more than 25 miles from her parents and older children. We held hands the entire drive. In fact, that is a habit we never gave up through our entire relationship.

I swore I'd never get married again, never. I'd chop my ring finger off as a reminder If I ever came close to thinking about it. However, I knew the minute my eyes meet hers on that day December 21 that I was going to ask her to marry me. I completely forgot about my oath to never take the vows again.

I don't really remember asking her to marry me. I think it slipped out one day at the mall when I told her I wanted to get a bracelet at the jewellery store. Instead I walked over to the wedding sets and I asked her what she thought of those... Well she didn't like those ones, instead she pointed to a different set and said "those, but only if you mean it." I told the associate to please get her ring size and bag them up. Easiest proposal ever! We had been planning on having a small ceremony in the summer, but one evening we decided we didn't want to wait any longer. That day was March 31. The courthouse was closed so we went the following afternoon April 1, 2013. We knew it was April fool's day, but didn't think much more about it. However..... After the justice of the peace pronounced us husband and wife, we thought we'd share the great news with our family and friends. NO ONE believed us. Haha funny April fool's day joke. We had to take pictures of our signed marriage certificate.

The rest is history, I could write our story, our adventures, our trials, our spur of the moment road trips, the tears, laughter, joy.. And it would take me months. We were always doing things together, going places, playing card games etc..

We were the best, best friends and lovers. We made it a rule to learn new things together and take an interest in each other's hobbies, beliefs, etc... As we both grew up, we also grew closer together.

I don't know what the future will bring, but I know in the 7 years 6 months together, I have a lifetime full of wonderful memories. And lucky for me, I have a great memory. I will never forget my beautiful wife, her beautiful singing voice, her beautiful laugh, her endless stories of her childhood memories of her family and extended family, how she was such a natural at taking pictures, how quickly she learned to fish (and outfish me often), the plans we were making. I am going to have her picture laminated and take her with me as I fulfill the plans we had made.

I miss you so much Jenica, I will always be yours as I know for a fact I will never find anyone who will love me like you do and I know for a fact I will never be able to love anyone so deeply as I do you. You know what, I am actually very content with that. People may look at me funny when I'm talking to your picture as we visit the Oregon coast. If only half of the world could be as happy as we were, the world would be a much better place. Until I join up with you again, I love you and there will never be a day I don't share a smile thinking about how beautiful you are. Love your Huzzbee.