Gerald

Schneider

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REMEMBERING JERRY SCHNEIDER, 70
By Debbie Tuma

Gerald Schneider, known as Jerry, was a longtime East Hampton resident who
passed away on February 8th, of a heart attack in Manhattan. He would have been 71 on
February 15, 2025.
He had his own accounting firm in Manhattan, GDS Financial, Inc., where he
worked with his son, David Schneider, and before that he worked at Parsons Accounting
Firm.
Jerry was born in New York City to Sidney and Rose Schneider, and was raised in
Flatbush, Brooklyn. He graduated from Midwood High School in Flatbush, and then
graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in accounting.
He lived in Chappaqua, New York, before moving to East Hampton in 1985, and
commuting back and forth to his New York office.
"Jerry loved living out here so he could swim at all the beaches and have a boat,"
said his longtime neighbor, Juliette Parker. "He also loved children and dogs."
About 10 years ago, he joined the East Hampton Kiwanis Club, where he was on
the scholarship committee and ran the annual Christmas Tree Fundraiser.
Henry Uihlein, of Amagansett, a past president of the East Hampton Kiwanis Club,
said, "Jerry was a kind and carefree man who enjoyed life. He was a proud member of
the Kiwanis Club and he supported every charitable request and saw the goodness in
giving not only monetarily, but of his time, as well."
Throughout his life, Jerry had many friends and a loving family. With his great
sense of humor, he was full of life, and was considered the "life of the party." He loved
to sing, and was often seen at Karaoke events in the Hamptons. His favorite band was
"The Grateful Dead," he was a self-proclaimed "Dead Head," and he used to go to all
their concerts in the city and elsewhere. He had the most generous nature, and would
gladly give to those less fortunate. He was a voracious reader, and always had his head
in a book. Jerry was also a big sports fan, and along with his son David, followed
hockey and baseball. They were big Islander fans. Jerry also loved being out on the
water in his boat, and each year he made a trip to one of his favorite places,
Block Island.
John Leal, his friend since fourth grade in Brooklyn, said, "We grew up in the
same building and were close as brothers. We explored adolescence, bar mitzvahs, and
the classic rituals of the American teens of the 1970's. Jerry was always wicked funny
and wicked smart---acerbic and hilarious."
Gerald Schneider is survived by his son David Schneider of East Hampton, and by
his two cousins, Sheryl Darby of Florida and Carol Straus of New Jersey, and their
families.

A memorial service will be held at Yardley & Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton
on February 23rd 11-1PM. The family has asked that memorial donations may be made in Gerald's name, to the ASPCA, the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons (ARF) or to St. Jude's
Children's Hospital.