Linda Berris

Linda Berris, a longtime resident of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, who was known within her family and her Jewish community for a lifetime of devotion to both, died on August 6, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Linda Falk on February 19, 1937, she spent her adult life as the wife of Rabbi Shimon Berris, who predeceased her, and as the matriarch of a large, close knit family that included three sons, numerous grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

Public information about Linda Berris is limited, because she was not a public figure in the conventional sense: no Wikipedia page existed for her before her death, and no biography of her career or public achievements has been published. What is documented, through her funeral home obituary, is a life organized around family and Jewish communal life. She was the wife of a rabbi, a role that in many Jewish communities carries its own quiet form of public service, from hosting congregants to supporting synagogue programs, even though the specifics of her own involvement have not been detailed in available records.

Her family was large and spread across several states, with the family's obituary and public records placing her at various points in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, as well as in Daytona Beach and Boynton Beach, Florida, and in Cordova and Memphis, Tennessee, suggesting a life that moved with her husband's rabbinical career and later with family. She was the mother of Cantor Neil Berris, Michael Berris and Herschel Berris, and the grandmother and great grandmother of many more. She was also one of five siblings, and was predeceased by her sister Helene Messinger.

Linda Berris died on August 6, 2026. No cause of death has been made public, and her family has not issued any statement beyond the funeral home obituary announcing her passing. She was 89 years old. A graveside funeral service was held for her on Sunday, August 9, 2026, at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon, New York, attended by relatives and friends.

Because Linda Berris lived largely outside the public eye, this page draws on the available obituary and public records rather than on a prior published biography. Readers searching for more detail on her life, including her early years, her marriage, and her specific community work, should know that fuller information has not yet been published, and this page will be updated if and when more becomes available.