Name: Visitation for Jeffrey Brooks Palmer
Start: 2024-06-19T20:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-19T22:30:00.000Z
Location: Douglass Edgerley & Bessom Funeral Home

On June 12, 2024, Jeff died at age 71. He was born January 11, 1953 in Winchester, MA, graduated from Reading Memorial High School, and graduated cum laude from University of New Hampshire in Journalism. He worked for 40+ years in Northern Virginia at Ski Industries of America, the Powder Coating Institute, and the Vinyl Institute, before retiring to Reading, MA. A Celebration of Life service 6:30 p.m. will be held following visitation 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, at the DEB Funeral Home, 25 Sandborn St., Reading, MA 01867. He will be dearly missed by family and friends. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, at www,myasthenia.org (pull down menu: support the MG community, make a gift, memorial garden giving fund)

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Published by The Washington Post from Jun. 18 to Jun. 20, 2024.

Memories and Condolences
for Jeffrey Palmer

12 Entries

Chuck Danick

October 12, 2024

Jodi & I fondly remember hanging out with Jeff at numerous PCI Annual Meetings.
We'll miss you!

Brett Blake

June 21, 2024

There have been three people in my entire life whose judgement I could unconditionally trust. Jeff was one of them. Acumen like his doesn't just happen and a healthy measure of personal integrity is only a prerequisite. Rather, it's a muscle that needs training to develop and exercise to maintain and he put in that effort—years and years of work. Jeff and I traded lots of laughs, but what endures far more, for me, are those sessions in which we tried together to make sense of things, of people and of life. In this regard, his qualities of inner honesty and intellectual rigor are not, perhaps, as recognized as much as they could be. Certainly, he never wanted to project himself as some kind of an intellectual powerhouse, but he could have, and he had the chops to make it stick as well.

He'd absolutely bridle at this, but I'm going to say it anyways: inside the man lived a giant. And one of the greatest joys and privileges, in my life, was to be his friend. Thank you for everything, Ffej.

Jeffrey Lichtenstein

June 19, 2024

Dear Rosemary,

I was deeply saddened to hear about the loss of your brother Jeffrey. Please accept my heartfelt condolences during this difficult time. My thoughts are with you and your family as you navigate through this period of grief and loss.

With sympathy and warm wishes,

Jeffrey Lichtenstein

Phillip Lee

June 17, 2024

The 6th grade summer trip with Coach Hawkes is where we met which now seems so long ago. Two weeks of fun and camping out if famous places, riding in the back of an open truck and drinking " bug juice", those were the days.
I had hoped to read the book you were writing and especially your reminiscings over that time in our lives.
Well, I just have to catch up with you later and we can laugh over it together.
God speed, Jeff.
Phil Lee RMHS '71

David Kelly

June 14, 2024

I knew Jeff as a classmate and Reading guy. Our life paths went in different directions, but in recent years we re connected and would enjoy sitting in Dunkin Doughnuts or the benches at C. V. S. Jeff was kind, a good conversationalist and his passing is a loss for all that knew him.

Nurse Lea

June 14, 2024

Though our hearts ache with the passing of Jeff, we find solace in remembering the joy they found in the simple pleasures of life and his excitement and love for vinyl records and Taylor Swift. We looked forward to seeing Jeff daily in our department and he was one of our favorite patients. May his memory continue to spin melodies of love and laughter in our hearts forever. Rest in peace, our dear friend.

Stephen Desisto

June 14, 2024

Jeff was a very soft spoken friend . I would see him at the super market in Reading different times through out the year . We always had a great chat about things happening in Reading . Jeff kept me up to speed on things happening with our high school class mates. We also talked about music something that he really enjoyed . I will miss those fun times .

Carl H. Mellin

June 14, 2024

We have been friends since 1969, having met while working at the Reading McDonalds. Our love on music brought us together. Very few have built such a large and priceless library collection of music that Jeff did. It included records, cassettes, CDs and other memorabilia. We have stayed in touch for 55 years. One of my favorite memories of Jeff was when Jeff Van Doran, Peter Grover, Jeff and I paddled the Ipswich river during our 1970 April school vacation. Naturally, Jeff provided music via his portable cassette player. Good bye my friend. You will be missed. Rock and Roll will never die.

Michelle Wolfe, Cleveland, Ohio

June 13, 2024

I knew Jeff through the vinyl record community. He was somebody I considered a dear friend. He would send me funny cat postcards in the mail. I will really miss him.

Lynne Perry

June 13, 2024

Betsy and family,
I am so sorry for your loss. I remember Jeff through many years of school. Pleasant and friendly. Peace and happy memories to you all.
Lynne (McGarity) Perry

Robert and Deborah Andresen

June 13, 2024

With sincere sympathy to Jeff's entire family at the loss of another member of our Class of '71.

John B. Douglass & John B. Douglass II

June 13, 2024

This book of memories is to serve as a record of the services you entrusted to us. We hope it will help to preserve treasured memories and that we, in some small measure, have helped to ease your burden and bring you comfort.

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