by Lori Silberman Brauner
NJJN Staff

January 29, 2009

Seymour Lehrhoff of Maplewood, a longtime volunteer with United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ, died Jan. 26.

Mr. Lehrhoff, who volunteered with UJC for more than 50 years, was a major donor to the MetroWest UJA Annual Campaign.

“He cared so deeply about the Jewish community and the Jewish people,” said UJC MetroWest executive vice president Max Kleinman. “He was a hard worker on our behalf, and he will be sorely missed.”

Lehrhoff’s fund-raising leadership began in 1952, when he served for two years as cochair of UJA for Millburn, Short Hills, Irvington, and Springfield, and he remained involved in UJC ever since. He sat on many federation committees and was a member of the board of Daughters of Israel geriatric center in West Orange for three years.

Lehrhoff also made contributions to the community by employing his lifelong passion for fixing things and woodworking, including building three dollhouses for Jewish Family Service of MetroWest.

Born in Newark, Mr. Lehrhoff lived in Millburn-Short Hills and then South Orange before moving to Maplewood.

He had been a consultant at I. Lehrhoff & Son and later for Core States Bank before retiring.

A past president of Congregation B’nai Israel of Millburn, Lehrhoff also served on the board of overseers of the Jewish Theological Seminary and as past president of the Millburn-Short Hills Scholastic Boosters. He was a vice president of B’nai B’rith Lodge No. 2022 of Millburn-Short Hills and a past treasurer of the Sister Rose Thering Endowment for Jewish-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University in South Orange.

Predeceased by his first wife, Sylvia, he is survived by his wife, Pearl Randall Lehrhoff; his children, Barbara L. Morris, Richard S. Lehrhoff, Laura Lehrhoff, Kenneth Lehrhoff, and David Lehrhoff; a sister, Bea Farbman; a brother, Jules Lehrhoff; 17 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services were held Jan. 27 at Congregation B’nai Israel with arrangements by Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, Livingston.

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