Jerry Allan Katzmann, age 77, died unexpectedly on June 18, 2023, while on vacation in Italy. Jerry was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 7, 1945 to German Jewish refugee parents Rose (Samfeld) and Ludwig Katzmann. He is survived by his bride of 55 years, Elizabeth; their son, David (Kristen); their daughter, Emma (Alan Rutter) and by grandchildren Alex and Lily and Michael and Oliver; and by his older sister, Miriam Smith (Gary Rogers), and her children Ben Smith (Connie), Afton Fraser, Margo Smithwick (Matt); his sisters in-law and brothers in-law Margaret Kogan (Robert) and their children Theo Kogan (Sean Pierce) and Zoƫ Kogan, Siri Akal Singh Khalsa (Hari Kaur) and Nadine DeGirolamo (Joseph) and their children William (Lindsey), Michael, and Christopher (Kim). He was predeceased by his infant sister Sandra, parents, and younger sister, Lynn Bennett McCoy (John McCoy).