Rachael Weiss (Gerber)
1977 – 2023
Rachael Weiss (Gerber), age 46, tragically passed away in a traffic accident on Wednesday morning, August 9th, 2023.
Rachael was born on February 4th, 1977 in Syracuse, NY to William and Sheila Gerber. She graduated from East Syracuse-Minoa High School in 1995, and from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature & Rhetoric in 1998. Rachael earned a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Product Design from Kean University, and attended the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Through her career, Rachael worked and lived near Boston and the Northern California Bay Area, until settling in Mercer County, New Jersey.
As a designer, Rachael created transformational retail experiences and held leadership positions at Apple and Cisco, before her most recent role as Global Store Experience and Design Director for the Mars Corporation. Rachael traveled internationally establishing retail brand stores around the world in Berlin, Dubai, London, and the US.
Her colleagues remarked that her inspiration and positive energy drove them to higher levels of creativity, in a very demanding field.
Rachael’s diverse interests included literature, traveling, artistic creations, as well as group fitness programs, such as CrossFit and Peloton.
Her friends speak of her empathy and the positive impact she made on their lives.
Rachael was a compassionate mother devoted to her two children, and an involved member of the Mercer County community. She actively engaged with her children’s interests across local and school functions.
Rachael is survived by her two children, Violet and Colette Weiss, her parents William and Sheila Gerber, and her siblings, Ben Gerber, H. Ted Gerber, and Doralee Greenberg.
Services were held near Rachael’s home in New Jersey, and she was laid to rest in Ewing Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Rachael’s memory to a charitable organization you are passionate about, carrying on the tradition of tikkun olam, “repairing the world.”
Funeral arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel. OrlandsMemorialChapel.com
Although circumstances made it impossible to attend her services…Rachael was, is and always will be a member of our family. We will surely miss hearing about her accomplishments from her Mom and Dad. Rachael go with God, Mr.&Mrs. Floor, Sara & Emily, Ted and MaryEllen.
I was so saddened by Rachael’s tragic death.
She reached out to me several times with beautiful cards and sentiments.
Her empathy, creativity and thoughtfulness stood out along with her inward and outward beauty! We spoke not long before she passed and told me she felt a connection with me due to our artistic side. It’s hard to think that a person who gave so much of herself has been taken from so many lives she touched. She will be missed and remembered with love.