Gail Barbara Lerner of Braintree, formerly of Sharon, passed away on December 27, 2025. She was the loving daughter of the late Arthur and Pearl Lerner. Gail leaves her sister and Brother-in-law Karen & Peter Kurzberg of Braintree and her brother Bruce Lerner of Peabody.
Gail was born on Long Island, New York and moved to Sharon with her family when she was 14 years old. She was a graduate of Sharon High School and attended Northeastern University where she received her degree in Public Administration. She received her Master’s degree from Harvard University. Gail worked in New York City for ABC and then moved to Cambridge and started working at Mass. Housing Authority until retiring in 2015.
She loved making jewelry and was in a bead group. She did many craft fairs and was always making bracelets and necklaces for her nieces and great nieces. She was an active member of Temple B’Nai Shalom in Braintree. She was wonderful, kind, generous and loving and she will be missed by all the people whose lives she touched.
Gail was a wonderful daughter, sister, aunt and great aunt. She adored her 2 nephews and their wives, Marc and Amanda Kurzberg & Daniel and Elyse Kurzberg, and her nieces Andrea DiAnni and Jazmine Lerner. Her great nieces and nephews were a great joy to her, Bentley, Liam, Coraline, Emilia, Aria, Halle and Max.
A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at Schlossberg Family’s Chapel on the Hill, 824 Washington Street, Canton, MA at 11AM followed by burial at Sharon Memorial Park. Shiva will immediately follow the burial at the home of Daniel and Elyse Kurzberg of Canton with minyan at 7PM.
Shiva will immediately follow the burial at the home of Daniel and Elyse Kurzberg of Canton with minyan at 7PM.
Donations in Gail’s memory may be made to Temple B’Nai Shalom, 41 Storrs Avenue, Braintree MA, 02184.
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Robin Shaer-Torpey says
December 29, 2025 at 5:42 pmDear Karen, Peter & family,
So sorry to hear of the unexpected passing of your dear Gail. She was one of the nicest persons that I have known. She will be missed by all that knew her.
May her memory be of an Eternal Blessing.
Kristin Konzak says
January 1, 2026 at 10:59 pmI’m so sorry to belatedly hear about Gail’s passing. Gail was a wonderful person and so involved in our bead group, BDI, even acting as recording secretary these last few years. As a fellow board member, I can say she will be sorely missed. A friend of Gail’s contacted our bead group today, Jan 1, so I’m so sorry we missed her service. She shared many of her projects that she made for each niece and great niece, where each contained the birthstones specific to each recipient, and sent me a picture of the one she made for her sister that contained the birthstones of all the kids and grandkids so I could write about her birthstone project in our next newsletter. I’ll be sure to dedicate that article to Gail, and hope that each niece and great niece holds dear each item Gail made for them. I send my condolences to all her family, as I know she loved each very much. May Gail rest in peace, and know she will be sorely missed.