Obituary of Albert P. Jameison

Albert Jameison was born on April 30th,1922 in Harlem Hospital to Percival Jameison
and his wife, Odele Pelletier (who both predeceased him in 1960). Albert had two
siblings: Opal Lay and Raymond Jameison (who predeceased him in 2009 & 1998
respectively). Albert grew up in East Harlem and attended Patrick Henry JHS and later
The High School of Commerce on the West Side. Albert also attended The Leonardo
da Vinci School, The Mechanics Institute to study advertising design, and The Germain
School of Photography…all in Manhattan. Albert soon after began his early career in
portraiture, silk screen printing, and as an advertising and production artist, and even
had his own freelance studio (with a partner) on Spring St in lower Manhattan assigned
to and working with many industrial and toy accounts.
In 1943, Albert was called to service during World War II and trained as a Military
Police Officer who was later stationed in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations
(particularly in North Africa & Italy) with a segregated unit company in the U.S. Army.
After leaving the service in late 1945, Albert resumed his studies by attending the Art
Students League and later joined the CAG (Commercial Artists Guild – Local 86) and
worked on their Membership and Organizing Committees. Albert felt strongly that “all
professional workers must organize.”
In the summer of 1949, Albert met his future wife, the former Miss Norma Clayton from
Washington DC at a dance, and they soon became husband & wife and then moved
across the river to Queens, NYC, where they became the parents of two children:
Stephen Clayton Jameison, who predeceased him decades ago, and his youngest
son, Timothy.
During the sixties, Albert continued his career in art working with Timely Comics, and
later Popsicle Industries,
After a lengthy illness, Albert’s loving wife Norma departed this world in June of 1980.
Albert was, by this time, engaged in a new career teaching art and related subjects at a
public high school in Manhattan, from there retiring in 1995. Soon after, Dad began
another gainful career in art by teaching water coloring and other related subjects to
City retirees at the UFT Learning Center in Forest Hills, Queens, until about 10 years
ago.
Albert also liked to paint and draw and was very fond of calligraphy. He also liked to
see the latest exciting movies and travel around the country, the Caribbean, and
Europe, and attend occasional Church services at Riverside and Marble Collegiate in
Manhattan.

After a recent illness and hospital stay, Albert departed this life early Friday morning,
on June 6th, 2025, at the age of 103, while residing at the Bristal Assisted Living
Residence in Lynbrook, LI.

Albert Jameison leaves behind to cherish his memory, his loving and devoted son
Timothy, his daughter-in-law Shirl Marie (Timothy’s wife), his step-grandson, Nathaniel
Mayo, four nieces: Joan Wright, Yvonne Jameison, Doreen Jameison, & Yvette White,
and one nephew, Kenneth Lay, and numerous great nephews and nieces and great
grand nephews and nieces and loved ones.