Remembering Ethel
Jeff Skolnik
Over Labor Day this year, September 2nd at 10:30am, my family will be
having an unveiling service for my mother, Ethel Skolnik at Mt. Sinai
Cemetery, in the Hollywood Hills.
My sister Leslie will be out from New York and my wife and I from
Texas and my children whom all live in Southern California will all be
there. We have a few family members and a few of Ethel and Ruby's
friends that are invited, but any of you who live in the So. Cal area
and remember Ethel and wish to pay tribute with us in person, please
feel welcome to come join us.
If you can't make it but wish to share a story or two...three...please
reply back and I will have these with us at the ceremony so everyone
will be spiritually with us as we remember Ethel and pay tribute.
Love to all....
Jeff S.
Melanie O
but would love to hear a memory you have of your mom. We're all at an
age where we are losing loved ones and I really like to hear the
memories and stories of families.
Know that my thoughts are with you at this sacred time.
One day I will tell you how my mom fell in a manhole in front of the
IC in downtown Chicago. It's a classic story and meant to be told
with good spirits in hand.
Love to you and your family,
Melanie O
Benj
I have great memories of Ethel.
Her heart was gigantic and she was funny, sweet and always suspected
that we were up to no good, and she was usually right. Jeff, she
adored you. I remember she always wanted to hug and kiss you, and you
would let her, and then you'd go "MA!!" and she'd laugh and give you
one more hug before letting you go.
She always called me, Danny, and Magid her "other sons", and I was
always honored by that label.
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Jeff Skolnik
My mother was ALWAYS great with others...what she did for Jeff, Benj
and Danny when they first moved to LA was tremendous...something I'm
sure any of our mothers would have done...that being said, she truly
did cherish having her south-side sons around her...it helped her heal
a bit of her displacement as well.
Ethel always reached out to others....a trait that maybe bordered on
the excessive and may have taken some focus away from the focus she
needed to place on her own, (mainly my sister) but truly a noble and
caring trait.
Tomorrow we gather at the cemetery in Los Angeles to celebrate her.
My wife Kelley, my sons Ben and Matt, my daughter Jessie and two of
Ethel's other sons, Jeff and Benj will all be there.
My son Ben has discovered his faith, as of late; will be moving to
Israel for 6 months in November and attends a Messianic Temple in
Orange County. I went to a service with him last night and heard a
tremendous sermon. The Rabbi spoke of the incredible distance between
the closeness of family, friends and other loved ones...the
responsibility to fill that gap...to understand the loss that is NOT
maintaining the relationships that we have, by birth-right, by choice
and by chance. What I heard the Lord and the Holy Spirit saying to me
is that I (each of us) own the responsibility for this...for what we
do with this is like all choices...it shapes our lives.
Tonight, while my family gathers in Orange County for a special
dinner, there is another gathering going on in Los Angeles...Jeff,
Benj, Mark, Lauren and Melinda Sills will be getting together for a
dinner.
How cool is that? How cool is it that all of the Chicago folks gather
'round for Jeff Magid last week and for me a few months ago...for
Kerry to host the mini-chills?
I deeply, deeply appreciate you all...
I know that tomorrow, all of Jeffery Manor will be with me as we
celebrate Ethel Skolnik.
Jeff S.
Steve Block
Jeff, I remember your mom and she was a great lady! Everyone take good care.
Steve
Steve Block
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Skolnik <je...@jeffstoneblues.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:37:38
To:Luella_class_69 <luella_...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Remembering Ethel
Lee Rothman
My thoughts are with you. It is obvious your mother, Ethel, was a very
blessed lady. You also were blessed to have her as your mother. May
her name (and your's) be written in the Book of LIfe. Baruch Hashem
YHVH........
Lee
Jeff Skolnik
thoughts for the service yesterday in Los Angeles for my mother.
Benj and Jeff, along with my aunt, wife, sons and daughter, and my
father's Rabbi celebrated the life of Ethel Skolnik.
Outside of the Rabbi being a little put out because I'm such a long-
wnded talker (it was over 100 degrees) it was truly a fitting memorial
and the celebration that I so wanted this to be.
My thoughts are still blending with my emotions, but I wanted to send
a shout-out to y'all to say thanks for being there....
All love,
Jeff S.
Danny
Over a period of years in the Manor I saw Ethel as often as my own
mom. She didn't drive and always seemed to be home. When i was 28 and
living in Los Angeles,I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled. She
took care of me, fed me and watched me writhe on the floor in pain
(like I was 8 years old).
I will always remember her blasting music in the house, Robert Goulet,
Sammy Davis, Frank Sinatra, et al.
She will be missed...
Love,
Danny
On Aug 17, 12:28 pm, Jeff Skolnik <j...@jeffstoneblues.com> wrote:
Lauren
heart of yours. She passed that on to you and because of that precious
gift I will always be grateful for Ethel. My thoughts and love are
with you and your family.
love,
Lauren
On Aug 17, 9:52 pm, Melanie O <mio1...@msn.com> wrote: