Leonard SELOFF

SELOFF, LeonardAge 81 years, died Sunday, the 19th of August, 2012 at his home, Windsor Towers, Unit #601. He was born on the 27th of May, 1931 in Passaic, New Jersey to the late Hyman and Pearl Seloff. He attended public schools in Passaic and then followed his brother, Ted Seloff to Vanderbilt University in 1950. Leonard graduated Vanderbilt in 1953 with a degree in chemistry. He was a member and past president of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. Mr. Seloff is survived by his loving wife, Charlotte Davis Seloff of 58 years, and children, Sharon Seloff (Moises) Paz, Eileen Seloff Rosenblum and Herb (Diane) Seloff; grandchildren, Raanon (Erica) Gal, Sivan (Yehoshua) Krupnick, Tamar (Daniel) Hyman, Jacob Seloff, Jeremy Seloff, David Paz, Aliza Paz and six great-grandchildren, Judah and Maayan Gal, Moshe Tovia, Tehillah and Rena Krupnick, and Meir Hyman. Leonard proudly served his country in the United States Navy aboard the USS Curtiss AV-4. He witnessed several atomic and thermo-nuclear devices that were tested at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific in 1954-55. He was the Damage Control Officer on the ship. He and Charlotte returned to Nashville in 1957 where Leonard's first career in the women's retail business began. He was a manager of the Davis Store in Murfreesboro, TN for three years, and then moved back to Nashville and became Vice-President in the family owned business. There were Davis Shops throughout Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. In 1983, when Davis Stores closed, his second career as a Financial Advisor for then Prudential, now Wells Fargo began. He never retired from the second career that gave him so much pleasure (and a few headaches). Active in the Nashville Jewish Community, Leonard served on many committees and the Boards of the Nashville Jewish Federation, The West End Synagogue and the Gordon Jewish Community Center, of which he was a past President. He had had cancer since 1998 in various forms - in the end, he died from Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Leonard is also survived by his brother, Ted (Phyllis) Seloff of Dallas, TX and a sister, Evelyn Seloff Beyer of Indian Lake, SC. Also, surviving him are his sisters-in-law, Barrie (Alden) Kirshner, EllenJo (Steve) Dansky and brother-in-law, Ned (Mickey) Davis, and two aunts-in-law, Fannye Davis and Marsha Brody of Chicago, IL. Active Pallbearers will be his nephews and nieces. Honorary Pallbearers: Dr. Jordan Asher, Dr. Richard Hock, Dr. Michael Cookson, Dr. Jeffrey Sosman, Dr. Nishitha Reddy, Dr. Larry Averbuch, Ann and Alvin Stillman, Shirley Zeitlin, Doris Fleischer, Alyse and Charles Sprintz, Dorothy and Jack Miller, Gloria and Manual Sir, Miriam and Arie Halachmi, Larry Speller, Larry Levine, Bernard Rosenblum, Dr. Howard Rosenblum, Dr. Harry Baer, Jack (Joseph) May, Robert Eisenstein, Jerome Shainberg, Jimmy Brown, Stanley Peck, Gadi Gal, Bruce Davis, Norman Davis, Rami Weismark, Allen Klein, Jerry Klein, Robert Corenswet, J.J. Rosen, Moshe Werthan and his wonderful partners and associates at Wells Fargo; Alan Williams, Thomas Hunter, Susan Crunk, Katy Ward, Sam and Sandy Welborn and Tanya Spiller. Funeral services will be conducted at West End Synagogue, 3801 West End Ave., at eleven o'clock in the morning on Tuesday, the 21st of August, 2012 conducted by Rabbis Kliel Rose and Azriel Fellner. Tuesday Shivah Minyan is for immediate and out of town family, only. Minyanim for Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday and Monday, will be at the West End Synagogue at six o'clock in the evening. Shivah visits with the family will be held at the home of Ellen and Steve Dansky, 316 Whitworth Way, after Minyan. Charlotte will receive visits at her home, Windsor Towers, Unit #601, between one and four o'clock on Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday and Monday. Memorial donations may be made to the Morris and Sylvia Davis Family Designated Fund for the West End Synagogue at the Jewish Foundation, 801 Percy Warner Blvd., Nashville, TN 37205; or the Religious School Enrichment Fund at West End Synagogue, 3810 West End Ave., or the charity of your choice.