Mr. Jeffrey D. Tamburri, 43, died on December 19, 2020 at home in West Orange, NJ.
Jeff was born and raised in Livingston and lived in Arizona, Colorado and Washington, D.C. before moving to West Orange.
He graduated from Livingston High School, Class of 1995, and earned a B.A. in history and English from Rutgers University and a double master’s in general and special education from Hunter College.
Jeff enjoyed varied careers, including Head Chef at the South Street Trattoria in Morristown, New Jersey; co-owner ofthe Italian Marketplace in Livingston, New Jersey; Sous Chef at a five-star Washington, D.C. restaurant; and a special education teacher in the South Bronx.
In the months prior to the June 2013 accident during which he was struck by a bus and paralyzed, Jeff actively trained for several mud and obstacle races and commuted to the South Bronx, where he taught at the elementary level while completing full-time graduate studies.