Dennis was my dear friend and colleague at Lake Elsinore Unified School District.  He worked as a Speech/Language Pathologist for several years with me who was the School Psychologist at Temescal Canyon High School.  Dennis became a close friend and was the very first person I shared my engagement with December, 1998.  He and his wife, Dorothy, helped pick out one of our songs for our wedding 6/19/99.  The song, "Anyone at All" was written by Carol King for the movie, "You've Got Mail".  Frank and I often would visit with Dennis and Dorothy. After we moved to Northern California, Dennis kept in touch with phone calls about every other month.  We will miss those calls and his friendship.  Our sincere condolences to his family and friends.  Most sincerely, Frank and Gwen Dodini

Dennis always reminded me of the great comedic actor Dom DeLuise.  Which is truly fitting because I first became aware of DeLuise (and my favorite actor Burt Reynolds) via watching the movie The Cannonball Run at his home in Irvine when I was a child in the very early 1980s.  His sons Steve & Evan were 2 of my best friends back then and I used to spend the night at their house all the time.  Dennis was one of my favorite adults back then & he was very much a father figure to myself and my younger brother Evan.  My sincerest condolences to the entire Itzkowitz family on their loss.

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Dennis Sheldon Itzkowitz

11 February, 1942 – 14 March, 2026

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