John J. Falkenbach V
October 6, 1980 - April 23, 2025

John Falkenbach, known to his family and friends as Jack, passed suddenly on April 23, 2025 from a pulmonary embolism in Philadelphia, PA. Jack grew up in Media, PA. He graduated from Penncrest High School and Penn State University.  After a few years living in State College, he moved to South Philadelphia, working in various restaurants and bars and eventually becoming a distiller at Philadelphia Distilling Co, where he loved applying his biology background to developing spirits with great botanical influence, including his line of Jack's Bitters.

Jack had a lifelong love of music. He started Suzuki violin lessons at age 5. In high school he played in the Penncrest Orchestra and the Delaware County Youth Orchestra. In addition to violin Jack played keyboard, Bass and numerous other instruments. While at Penn State, he played in a band called the Bare Soles which won a battle of the band's competition. More recently he was the keys player / multi-instrumentalist in the band Thunderbird Divine.

Jack had a profound love and respect for nature and all the natural world.

Jack is survived by his loving parents John "Jack" Falkenbach IV and Virginia Guerin Falkenbach, sister Ginger Falkenbach, brother Jeff Falkenbach and his wife Amber, and five adoring nephews and nieces: Ryan and Evan Drum and Nicholas, Violet and Zachary Falkenbach.  He is also survived by a host of devoted cousins, aunts and uncles, and close friends.

Friends and relatives are invited to his Visitation Thursday Evening, May 1st 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Rigby Harting & Hagan Funeral Home, 15 E 4th St, Media, PA 19063 and on Friday Morning, May 2nd 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM at St. Anastasia Church, 3301 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073, followed by his Funeral Mass at 10:30 AM.  Interment will be private.

In honor of Jack and his love of the culinary arts, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Food Trust, an organization devoted to ensuring delicious, nutritious food for all, by visiting thefoodtrust.org/donate and noting that the donation is in memory of Jack Falkenbach. You can also mail a check made out to "The Food Trust" to the following address, noting that the gift is in memory of Jack in the memo line:

The Food Trust
Attn: Finance Department
1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Ste. 900
Philadelphia, PA 19103

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Arrangements: Rigby Harting & Hagan Funeral Home
www.haganfuneralhome.com