Born in Germany, educated in Belgium, and trained in the sound business at the RCA Institute, Mr. Jaffe was an enthusiastic American citizen who lived for 39 years in Livingston, N.J., before moving to Pompton Plains in 2009. His career was filled with stops at landmark names in sound, companies like Executone and Dukane before joining Atlas in 1969. Mr. Jaffe spent two decades with the firm as vice president of marketing and general sales manager. After retiring, Jaffe stayed active in the field for another two decades, advising Middle Atlantic Products, and putting his technical training to work at Livingston's local cable station, TV-34.
A devoted family man, Mr. Jaffe is survived by his wife of 60 years, Evelyn; his children, Carole Felsenstein, and her husband, Frank, Chuck Jaffe and his wife, Susan, and daughter-in-law, Eileen Jaffe of Davis, Calif. He was predeceased by his oldest son, Robert Jaffe, in 2010. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Sarah Jaffe and Ethan Jaffe, Kenny Felsenstein and Joanna Felsenstein, and Thomson Jaffe and Whitney Jaffe.
Born in Germany, educated in Belgium, and trained in the sound business at the RCA Institute, Mr. Jaffe was an enthusiastic American citizen who lived for 39 years in Livingston, N.J., before moving to Pompton Plains in 2009. His career was filled with stops at landmark names in sound, companies like Executone and Dukane before joining Atlas in 1969. Mr. Jaffe spent two decades with the firm as vice president of marketing and general sales manager. After retiring, Jaffe stayed active in the field for another two decades, advising Middle Atlantic Products, and putting his technical training to work at Livingston's local cable station, TV-34.
A devoted family man, Mr. Jaffe is survived by his wife of 60 years, Evelyn; his children, Carole Felsenstein, and her husband, Frank, Chuck Jaffe and his wife, Susan, and daughter-in-law, Eileen Jaffe of Davis, Calif. He was predeceased by his oldest son, Robert Jaffe, in 2010. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Sarah Jaffe and Ethan Jaffe, Kenny Felsenstein and Joanna Felsenstein, and Thomson Jaffe and Whitney Jaffe.
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