Gary Howard Weiss, age 65 years, of Clinton Township, NJ, died on Friday, December 30, 2022, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born on October 28, 1957, in the Bronx, NY, Gary was pre-deceased by his parents, Leonard and Clarisse Weiss. He is survived by his wife, Debbie, and sons, Sam and Ben. Gary is also survived by his mother-in-law, Betsy Seligman, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Michael and Tracie Seligman, and nieces and nephews, Matthew, Madison, Sarah, and Michael.

Gary was a life-long Jets and Mets fan and loved spending Sundays in the living room with Debbie, Sam and Ben all dressed in their Jets jerseys cheering on their team!

He loved everything about food. We mean EVERYTHING!! Gary loved to browse the grocery stores and specialty food stores looking for new and interesting things. He was a great cook, and a great food critic. Anyone who cooked for him waited for his famous “Nice, very nice” review to let them know their food met his seal of approval. He even loved wrapping and packing up left overs often telling his family to back off and let him do it!

Gary enjoyed fishing, golfing and nature. Not sure we’ll mention bees in this writing!

Who remembers “Let’s Make a Deal?” The standing joke was that Gary could certainly come up with ANYTHING Monty Hall asked for in his bag of tricks! That bag never left his side. He shlepped that thing everywhere!!

Gary wasn’t a fan of music but one of the family’s fondest memories is of them taking a road trip, having Paul Simon’s “Loves Me Like a Rock” come on the radio and suddenly Gary belting out the song on the top of his lungs. Everyone was in shock but laughed and sang along!

Gary will be missed and remembered by all who were lucky enough to know and love him.

Funeral services officiated by Rabbi Joseph Forman will take place on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at 11:00 am, in the Chapel of Wright & Ford Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 38 State Highway 31, Flemington, NJ. Family and friends are invited to arrive at the funeral home beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Realizing that some may be unable to attend the funeral service, the service at the funeral home will be live-streamed, with the stream being active starting at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday. To watch, please go back to Gary’s main page and click the “play” button under “Service Video” where you see the video screen. 

Entombment at the Temple of Israel Mausoleum located on the grounds of Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge, NJ, will follow the service and to which all are welcome.

Shiva will be held at the Weiss home on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, and Wednesday, January 4, 2023, from 4:00-8:00 p.m., with services at 7:00 p.m. each night.

You are encouraged to visit Gary’s permanent life celebration site at www.wrightfamily.com to light a candle of hope, leave messages of condolence, share words of comfort and recollection, and post photographs of his life.

As is custom in Judaism, no flowers please. For those who wish, contributions in Gary’s honor and memory made be made to NAMI, PO Box 49104, Baltimore, MD 21297, or online by clicking HERE, Or Chadash, via mail to 149 Foothill Road , Flemington, New Jersey 08822, or by clicking HERE, or The Seeing Eye, via mail to 1 Seeing Eye Way, Morristown, NJ 07960, or online by clicking HERE.

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Wright & Ford, your local, family owned & operated “Life Celebration Home”