Submitted by: Dan Rich

Jake Mendelovitz
June 9, 1895 - Dec. 24, 2000

South Bend Tribune 12/27/2000

Jake Mendelovitz, 105, of Somerset Drive, Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., formally of South Bend, Ind., died on Sunday, Dec. 24, in the Vitas Hospice of University Hospital, Tamarac, Fla. Jake was born in Czechoslovakia on June 9, 1895, to the late Joseph and Rose (Rothstein). He was married in Chicago, Ill., in 1917 to the former Helen Teichman, who died in 1977. He was also preceded in death by a son, Marvin in 1996.

He is survived by a daughter, Bernice Leibow of Lauderdale Lakes; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and by a sister, Esther Wissbuch of Anaheim, Calif. Jake was the former owner of a grocery store on Calvert Street, South Bend, for many years. He was a lifetime member of Sinai Synagogue.

Funeral services and burial will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 28, in the Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery, Mishawaka, Ind. Rabbi Michael Freidland will officiate. There will be no visitation. The Forest G. Hay Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Sinai fund for the future.