FEBRUARY 17 • 2022 | 61 E 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 MONUMENT CENTER INC. 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