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LESLIE BOB WEISS
and brother-in-law, Linda and Richard
(Laszlo Weisz), 69, of
Wolok of Farmington Hills; grandchil-
Southfield, died May 27, dren, Yonatan, Aryeh, Ilan, Oliver, Samuel,
2012. He emigrated
Charlie, Jane, Isaac, Sarah, Kinneret,
from Hungary with his
Chana and Tova; many loving nieces,
family in 1956.
nephews and other family members and
Mr. Weiss co-
friends.
founded Brooks
Interment was held at Clover Hill Park
Weiss
Leather Sportswear
Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions
and later owned and
may be made to the Jewish Family
operated Laszlo's
Service of Metropolitan Detroit, www.
Leathers in downtown
jfsdetroit.org; the Juvenile Diabetes
Birmingham. He was
Research Foundation, www.jdrf. org ; or
very active in the first-
the Holocaust Memorial Center, www.
ever Maccabi Youth
holocaustcenter.org . Arrangements by
tr
Games held in the
Dorfman Chapel.
United States.
Mr. Weiss is survived by his beloved
JACK WIRT, 95, of Bay
mother, Elizabeth Weiss; his cherished
City, died May 19, 2012.
wife and best friend for 50 years, Avra
He was born to
(Coblentz) Weiss, both of Southfield;
Abraham and Ida
son, David Weiss of Southfield; son
Wirtenstein on April 6,
and daughter-in-law, Jeffery Weiss and
1917, in Buffalo, N.Y.,
Alice Keimweiss of New York City; son
grew up in Detroit and
and daughter-in-law, Michael Weiss
moved to Bay City in
Wirt
and Fruma Taub of Ann Arbor; brother
1941, when he married
and sister-in-law, Steven and Linda
Alice Karse.
Weiss of West Bloomfield; sister and
His humble beginnings began with a
brother-in-law, Susan and Rabbi Joseph
dump truck and a lot of guts as he grew
Schonberger of Youngstown, Ohio; sister
his business, founding the Wirt Stone

Docks, Sand and Stone, and Michigan/
US Ash. He and his wife had a philosophy
of giving back to his community through
significant philanthropy — to Temple
Israel, the library and the Women's
Center as well as countless other service
and charitable organizations.
He was a member of Temple Beth
Israel in Bay City and a strong supporter
of Lake Huron Area Council of the Boy
Scouts of America, the Boys & Girls Clubs
of Bay County and the United Way of Bay
County.
The Wirts believed in and supported
health and education, helping generously
with Bay Medical Center and scholar-
ships for the local Delta College and
Saginaw Valley University. His strong
Jewish faith spurred him on to support
many projects worldwide.
One of his greatest pleasures in life,
other than his family and friends, was
golf. In golf you can get a mulligan, which
gives you another chance. In life, you get
only one shot at it, and he made the best
of that one shot.
Mr. Wirt is survived by his wife, Alice;
his children, Helen (Wirt) and Robert
Lee, Stephen and Dena Wirt, Douglas
Wirt and his special friend, Victoria

MacKenzie; his grandchildren, Michelle
(Lee) and Douglas Wexler, Joshua and
Irene Sheynman-Lee, Daniel Wirt, and
Liza Wirt; his great-grandchildren,
Natalie and Zachrey Wexler; his sister,
Dubby Surath. The Wirt family would like
to thank all the wonderful caregivers that
have helped ease the way.
He was preceded in death by his
grandson, Matthew Wirt; his brothers
and sisters, Irving Wirt, Aaron Wirt,
Louise Zagerman, Sarah Faber and Bessie
Steinborn.
Funeral services were held at Temple
Beth Israel, 2300 Center Avenue, Bay
City. Rabbi David Nelson officiated.
Interment was in the Bay City Jewish
Community Cemetery. Contributions
may be made to the Bay County Women's
Center or the Alice and Jack Wirt Library.
Arrangements were by Penzien Steele
Funeral Home, 608 N. Madison Ave., Bay
City, MI 989-892-8531.

Correction
• The obituary for Ruth Fine (May 24)
should have indicated that she worked
at Jewish Family Service and that inter-
ment was at Machpelah Cemetery in
Ferndale.

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