FEBRUARY 17 • 2022 | 61
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lroy Robert Woolf, D.D.S.,
of Jacksonville, Fla., passed
away quietly in his sleep
with his family at his side
on Feb. 7, 2022.
He was born July 26,
1936, in Passaic, N.J.,
the son of Sammy and
Ann Woolf. His was a
large and loving fam-
ily of first-generation
Americans mainly from
Detroit. He spent sum-
mers in his youth with
cousins at Woodhull Lake
and at a Catskills resort
owned by his family.
Roy’s mother was a gym-
nast/acrobat; his father was a
much-cherished local Detroit
entertainer. Roy doted on his sis-
ters, Margo and Bunny, and they
remained close to him through-
out their lives.
He met his wife, Jackie, when
she was 15 and he was 17; and
they became engaged to marry at
her high school prom. Roy’s love
of Jackie was legendary — they
were “joined at the hip.
” Jackie’s
artistic talents complemented
her husband’s mechanical skills.
Together, they shared their love
of family, friends, their dogs, din-
ing, the arts and boating. With
Jackie’s fashion sense, Roy was
always sharply dressed.
A practical joker in high school
who did not fully apply himself
academically, Roy excelled in
team sports and bodybuilding.
He became a more serious stu-
dent in college and then entered
the University of Detroit Dental
School.
He served in the Michigan
National Guard reserve as a
medic for seven years. A “dentist’s
dentist,
” Roy was a perfectionist
whose work was deeply appreci-
ated by his many patients. After
27 years of dentistry, Roy stepped
away from his medical career to
help operate his son Scott’s con-
struction company.
Roy was an early member
and served as president of the
Birmingham
Temple, where
Humanistic
Judaism was
founded. In his
early years, he
loved boating on
Cass Lake then,
later, on Lake
Charlevoix and
Lake Michigan and
finally on the Gulf
Coast of Florida.
He was an early
adopter of technology. His family
had the first TV on the block and
Roy owned the first digital watch
and the first Mac computer. In
his later years, Roy was highly
active on social media. He also
was an engaged, hands-on father
to his three sons before being a
hands-on father was the norm,
tossing them through the air in
swimming pools, attending their
sports events, teaching them to
drive when they were in their
early teens and attending musical
events of his son, composer and
pianist Randy, and his daughter-
in-law, pianist Kathy Supové.
A natural teacher, Roy also
provided valued wisdom and
advice to his grandchildren
and many nieces and nephews.
“Uncle Roy” was the go-to per-
son when they were afraid to tell
their parents about something
gone awry.
Retiring at 62 to Florida left
Roy time for boating and con-
necting with his five grandchil-
dren, teaching them to ride bikes,
to swim, to drive cars and pilot
boats. His son Tod and daughter-
in-law Laura, along with their
children, Hannah, Jake and Max,
and son Randy and his wife
Kathy traveled from Boston or
N.Y. to Florida in the winters and
to Charlevoix in the summers to
visit Jackie and Roy, who were
also very active in helping to
raise the grandchildren, Emily
and Sam, who lived in Florida.
They spent three months living
in hotels with Sam, serving as
chaperones during Sam’s journey
with the American Idol Top Five.
Roy relished the doting grandfa-
ther role for the cameras to boost
online votes for Sam.
Roy fought hard to maintain
his health for years longer than
doctors expected and enjoyed
many good times with his friends
and family in his last years.
Roy had an infectious zest
for life and lived the American
Dream. He was a constant source
of guidance and enthusiasm to
help his children, grandchildren
and nieces and nephews find
their paths in life. Dr. Woolf
was the beloved husband to
his wife of 63 years, Jacqueline
(“Jackie”) Woolf; son-in-law of
the late Joe and Goldie Miller;
beloved brother of Margo Cohen
Feinberg and the late Bunny
Nickamin; beloved brother-in-
law of Bob Feinberg, the late
Maurice Cohen, the late Alan
Nickamin, Bernice Miller and
the late Melvin Miller; beloved
father of Randy, Scott and Tod
Woolf; father-in-law of Kathleen
Supové, Mary Lamar and Laura
Woolf; cherished “Papa Roy” to
Emily, Sam, Hannah, Jake and
Max Woolf; beloved uncle to
Leslie Cohen, Eaden and Deva
Shantay, Jeffry Jay Cohen, Andy
and the late Leah Mondry, Susan
and Todd Richheimer, Melissa
and Chris Spence, David and
Angie Nickamin, Aaron and
Weina Nickamin, Adam and
Anne Nickamin, Debbie and Jon
Kurtzman, Kim and Stuart Rich,
Pamela Miller and her husband
Brad Osterweil; granduncle
to all 23 children of his nieces
and nephews; beloved cousin
to more than 50 others from
the extended Woolf and Miller
clans; beloved life-long friend of
Sherry Wittenberg, Barbara and
the late Marty Kopitz, Florence
and the late Sidney Cohen, Sonny
and Marcia Moss, Norman and
the late Barbara Olson, Gayle
Jaffe, Gail Young and the late
Sam Young; honorary “Uncle
Roy” to all of their children;
beloved friend of Anita and the
late Harvey Zalesin, Rhoda and
the late Jordan Raider, Dave and
Anita Lieberman, Saul and Laura
Fineman, Bob Lischetti, Herb
and Sherry Green, Paul Cutcliffe,
Del Couch, Martha and Alan
Deverone, Sandra Cutcliffe and
her partner, Sally Lehto; and his
many friends from Brookdale
Southside in Jacksonville; his
home care aids, Kyle and Justin.
A Zoom-accessible memorial
service will be held at a time to
be announced and an in-person
celebration of his life will be
held in Charlevoix this summer.
Contributions are recommend-
ed for the Michigan Dental
Association Foundation (Ways to
Give - MDA Foundation (michi-
gandental.org).
A Zest for Life
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