Matthew Tackeff

Matthew Tackeff-Passed away on October 24,2021 at his home in Rye Beach, NH, surrounded by his loving family, after a year-long battle with esophageal cancer. Born in Boston in 1952, he was a graduate of The Rivers School and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Throughout his life he loved sharing stories about his experiences in the food industry. Matt spent years working together with a management team in a wide range of enterprises which included Genoa Packing Company, Boston Management & Funding, and the Northeast Blueberry Farm, in Maine. He founded Fiscal & Monetary Services in Portsmouth, NH, a gold and silver bullion dealership. He was also an avid investor. Matthew was a passionate scholar of history, global economics,politics, and was a regular, high-scorer at family Jeopardy watching. He also loved playing Jewish geography and would regularly run into complete strangers who turned out to be distant relatives or related to old friends all over the world. Throughout his life, Matt would demonstrate a true gift for expressing himself with the written word and was an accomplished writer. A passionate cook, he could re-create any dish he tasted without a recipe in hand. He loved to travel, including regular trips to Palm Beach, Istanbul, New York City to visit Zabar’s and Montreal to visit Schwartz’s Delicatessen. He also relished fall foliage drives all across New England. He was a consummate consumer of facts, weighty tomes, and great cigars. He was predeceased by his parents, Bertram and Sterra Tackeff, and his sister, Jo Ann Toledano.He leaves behind his beloved wife of 38 years, Elian Gun Tackeff, his daughter, Sam Tackeff, son, John Tackeff, and his beloved grand-dog, Bertram the Frenchie. He also leaves behind his brother, Roger Tackeff and wife Maryanne, of Brookline, MA, brothers in-laws, Allan Toledano and wife Roz Garber of Newton, MA, Derya Gun and wife Süzet of Istanbul, and many loving nephews and niece and their families, cousins, friends, as well as extended family all over the world. The funeral will be private due to covid; a celebration of life to be scheduled in the future. Gifts in his memory may be made to Temple Israel, Portsmouth NH, and The Jimmy Fund.