Clara Jean Pulitzer Berry is laid to rest

CLARA JEAN PULITZER BERRY, a native New Orleanian, passed away at her home in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 7, 2025 after a brief illness. She was 94.

CLARA JEAN PULITZER BERRY

A native New Orleanian, she graduated from Isidore Newman School, and attended Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama where she was a member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority.

Berry  was part of the larger Pulitzer family and loved her cousins like siblings. As the family expanded, her cousins and their spouses created the Pulitzer Cousins Club. She was proud to declare herself Corresponding Secretary and kept amusing minutes of their many dinner meetings, which continue to this day.

She married the love of her life, Manuel Berry, from Birmingham, Alabama in 1953, and enjoyed 41 wonderful years together until his passing in 1994. They traveled the world together and enjoyed monthly dinners with their close friends, the Kosher Noshers.

She was an active member of Gates of Prayer Sisterhood and a board member of the Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS). She also volunteered for many years at the NICU of Touro Hospital and the World War II Museum.

Possessing a wonderful sense of humor, she relished the great food and restaurants of New Orleans, and that was likely what she missed most after moving to Greensboro following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Once there sshe joined Temple Emanuel in Greensboro, met a new social circle of friends, attended Torah study on Saturdays and volunteered on Sundays in the temple library.

Predeceased by her husband, she is survived by her children Joel Berry (Elissa), Susie Golding (Jay), and Patricia Pierce (Tom), five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held in the Plotkin Pavilion at Gates of Prayer Cemetery, 1428 Joseph Street, on Friday, September 12 at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Jewish Children’s Regional Service, Congregation Gates of Prayer, Temple Emanuel (Greensboro, NC) or a charity of your choice.