Jerry Macks, who volunteered as an usher at services at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation for more than six decades, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 28. The Baltimore native and resident was 83.
A retired hospital management engineer, Macks also served on the board of trustees at the Jewish Museum of Maryland and was a supporter of the Baltimore Jewish Council and Towson Hillel.
“Jerry was always very kind whenever I saw him around BHC, which was frequent, and always had the nicest things to say about my folks and others in the old neighborhood [in West Baltimore’s Madison Park], to which Judy and he had moved about the time I left for college,” Henry Kahn posted on the website of Sol Levinson & Bros.
Jerry Macks is survived by his wife, Judy Macks; his children, Daniel Macks (Joyce Garczynski) and Aaron (Shana) Macks; his siblings, Harry (Jeanne) Macks, and Nathalie Conrad; and his grandchildren, Hannah, Miriam and Leo.
He was predeceased by his brother-in-law, Ernst Conrad; and his parents, Miriam and Solomon Macks.
Services will be held on Friday, Jan 2, at 1 p.m. at Sol Levinson’s Chapel, 8900 Reisterstown Road in Pikesville. Interment will be at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, 318 Berrymans Lane in Reisterstown.
Contributions in his memory may be sent to Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, or GEDCO Cares Food Pantry, 401 Woodbourne Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21212.
The family will be in mourning at 3203 Northbrook Road in Northwest Baltimore on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The family will receive guests on Sunday and Monday from 2-4 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m., with shiva services at 7 each evening.
“Baltimore Hebrew Congregation clergy, lay leaders and members offer their condolences to the family of Jerry Macks,” posted the synagogue. “We hope that you are comforted by warm memories and support of family, friends and community. May Jerry’s memory be eternally a blessing.”
Wrote Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl: “So many things to miss about Jerry. Deepest sympathy to Judy and the family.”
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