Obit ries Obituaries from page 59 LEO WEISS, 81, for- merly of Southfield of Las Vegas, Nev., died Jan. 13, 2011, in Arizona. He is survived by son and daughter- in-law Randy and Leo Weiss Dori Weiss of Bloomfield Hills; daughter Pam Pont of Arizona; daughter-in-law, Janice Weiss of Tennessee; sister Lillian Mills of Florida; brother, Dr. Sol Weiss of California; grandchildren, Jill, Rachel and Jaiden of Michigan, Lauren, Ryan and Dan of Arizona, Andrew and Jordan of Tennessee. Also survived by nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was the beloved father of the late Howard Weiss. Memorial services will be held at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 5. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the ALS or Parkinson's foundations. GLORIA WOOLMAN, 79, of West Bloomfield, died March 11, 2011. She was the owner of Baggit in Southfield. Mrs. Woolman is survived by her husband of 60 years, Herb Woolman; daughters and sons-in-law, Marla and Jim Gartrell of West Bloomfield, Linda and Rick Weinerman of West y es iva The II Bloomfield; son and daughter-in-law, Rick and Sandra Woolman of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Jason and Nikki Gartrell, Heather Gartrell, Karli Gartrell, Jared Woolman Weinerman, Zach Weinerman, Tyler Woolman and Julia Woolman; great-grandchildren, Sydney and Brady Gartrell; brother and sister- in-law, Murray and Ilene Gittleman; sister-in-law, Sheila Schussler. Mrs. Woolman is also survived by her caregivers, Mary Copeland and Jannye Manning, and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was the devoted daughter of the late Pearl and the late Hymie Gittleman, the cherished sister of the late Skippy Gittleman, and the dear sister-in-law of the late Art Schussler, the late Barbara and the late Iry Cohen. Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be directed to Parkinson's Foundation of Michigan, 30400 Telegraph Road, Suite 150, Bingham Farms, MI 48025, www. parkinsonsmi.org; or Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan, 230 Huron View Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, www.wishmich.org . Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva B tet dh Yehudah wil l study I° 77iadtriL,mKaelcZaibtehesaftbl iIZZ the deP daily iely m frizne n y an: T7 14 Adar 11 March 20, 2011 Samuel Gittleman Edward Rothenberg Gertrude Bunin Bertha Greenspan 15 Adar 11 March 21, 2011 Steven B. Goldstein Mendel Poss Simon Waterstone 16 Adar H March 22, 2011 Jakob Herskovitz Ben Tkatch Joseph Zucker 17 Adar 11 March 23, 2011 Bernice Daniels 19 Adar 1l March 25, 2011 Harry Averbuch Dr Leslie I Moss A. Leon Peck Edward Tarnopol Rose Baggleman Anna Schwartz 20 Adar 11 March 26, 2011 Hyman Mickelson Max H. Salian Sadie Delin Visit www.DetroitYeshiva.org/JNtributes. YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH • School for Boys • Beth Jacob School for Girls • Early Childhood Development Center Weiss Family Partners in Torah Program • Kollel Bais Yehudah • Bnos Bais Yehudah—Maalot Detroit 15751 West Lincoln Drive • Southfield, MI 48076 • 248-557-6750 • Fax 248-557-6838 • www.DetroitYeshiva.org March 17 2011 S am Chwat, a troo-bloo Noo Yawkuh born in Brooklyn, who founded a speech therapy clinic that has aided the famous as well as the average to lose, or add, regional accents and speech impediments, died March 3 at 57. Chwat, whose grandparents immi- grated to the United States from Russia, worked with A-list celebrities such as Robert DeNiro, Kathleen Turner, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart, Jude Law, Andie Macdowell and Isabella Rossellini. He helped Leonardo DiCaprio trade his standard American English for a New York accent in Basketball Diaries, and taught Tony Danza to trade his New York accent for standard American English and other accents. By his own website's list, he taught actress Marcia Gay Harden a Brooklyn- Jewish accent for what became her Oscar- winning role as Lee Krasner in Pollack, and actress Michelle Lee a Jewish New York accent. Chwat often was called "Henry Higgins to the stars" for his celebrity work, which also brought him significant media atten- tion. Just five months ago, the New York Times called him "the dean of speech therapists." In a business mag- azine profile in 2006, Chwat said he did "detective" work to help his clients over- come impediments in their speech. He told the Los Angeles Times that "In every culture, Sam Chwat your verbal expres- sion is considered an index of how smart you are. ... Your speech pattern, your word choice and your gram- mar are all considered indications of your intelligence and sophistication. It's a false assumption, but it's a popular one' Chwat was born in Brooklyn. After earn- ing a master's degree in speech pathol- ogy from Columbia University Teachers College in 1977, he began to work in the field. In 1984, a Hispanic supermarket executive told him he worried that his accent was hindering his career, which helped Chwat focus his work. "You can afford to find accents charm- ing as long as you're part of the power structure that has the accent of the ruling class',' Chwat said in 2006. Jewish Telegraphic Agency Obituaries on page 62 Bloom Bloom's Jewish Cuisine 18 Adar 11 March 24, 2011 Steven Marshall Gotlib Max Sherman Hedwig Greenbaum Send a tribute in memory of a loved one — 60 Speech Therapist To The Stars Obituaries Shiva dinners, Fish trays, Deli trays Delivered- 248-855 9463 Jewishcatering.com 110 1811(1 . riMetili 248-737-8088 NibblesAndNuts.com SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, SHOP WITH OUR ADVERTISERS! Mention that you saw them in the JN! Visit JNonline.us ,IN