In Memory of

Jerome Press

November 3, 2021

Obituary

Jerome (Jerry) Press of New Milford, NJ passed away on November 3, 2021 at the age of 86. 

Beloved husband of Flora (nee Kaufman), loving father of Sari Miller (Ira), devoted grandfather to Allan, Richard and Frances Miller.

Born and raised in Newark, he graduated as valedictorian from Arts High School in 1953. After
high school, he dressed windows for Bamberger’s Newark before entering Princeton University.
While at Princeton, he designed sets for the Triangle Club and covers for the Princeton
Engineering Magazine.

After graduating from Princeton in 1957 he worked for IBM as a draftsman and then as a
graphic designer for the Port Authority of NY and NJ. As supervisor of graphic services for the
Port Authority, he oversaw the transition from manual designing to desktop computers. His
freelance design clients included the Jane Austen Society of North America, Touro Synagogue
and educational publishers. He received a masters degree from Columbia Teachers College
and after retiring from the Port Authority taught at Kean University and community college in
Middlesex, Union and Bergen counties.

He and his family lived in Edison, NJ for 36 years before moving to New Milford. He served as
president of the Art Directors Club of NJ and was a frequent phone bank volunteer for UJA
Federation campaigns in both Edison and New Milford. An active member of Congregation
Keter Torah in Teaneck, he designed decorations for holiday events and edited the annual
dinner journal.

Funeral services were held at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel in New York City and burial was
at Old Montifiore Cemetery in Queens.