THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, May 19, 1995 TAG: 9505190456
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 36 lines
Pauline Tavss Zfass, 103, of the 300 block of Brambleton Ave., died May 18, 1995.
Mrs. Zfass, a native of Russia, was the widow of Samuel I. Zfass and was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Judi Ann Carmel. She was a member of Congregation Beth El and its sisterhood in Norfolk. Mrs. Zfass was a life member of Hadassah and Beth Sholom Home as well as a member of the Hebrew Ladies Charity Society, the Golden Age Club of the JCC, and the auxiliary of Brith Sholom.
Survivors include two daughters, Ethel Carmel and Raye Swartz, both of Norfolk; three sons, Dr. Isadore S. Zfass, and his wife, Edith, Dr. Hyman S. Zfass, and his wife, Gaile, Dr. Alvin M. Zfass, and his wife, Marie, all of Richmond; one sister, Leah Abramson, and one sister-in-law, Beatrice Tavss, both of Norfolk; seven grandchildren, Sharon and Dr. Gerardo Mendez of Richmond, Arnold J. Carmel of Atlanta, Dr. Stephen Carmel and his wife, Barbara, of Denver, Colo., Charles Swartz, and his wife, Paula, of Richmond, Susan and Dr. Perry Hookman of Potomac, Md., Jeffrey Swartz and his wife, Anne, of Virginia Beach, Adam S. Zfass of Richmond; 18 great-grandchildren and many devoted nieces and nephews.
A chapel service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk Chapel, by Rabbi Arthur Ruberg, Cantor Jacob Tessler and Rabbi Lawrence A. Forman. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Congregation Beth El or a charity of the donor's choice.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB