Justin Jay Mendeloff

WASHINGTON HS AND MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY. JAY MET WIFE, MARILYN, WHILE SHE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. JAY AND MARILYN MARRIED IN 1951 AND WENT TO FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI WHERE HE SERVED

IN THE DENTAL UNIT OF THE US ARMY. THEY MOVED BACK TO EL PASO WHERE JAY FOUNDED THE BAZAAR

UNIFORM STORE, OUTFITTING EL PASO POLICE OFFICERS, FIREMEN AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS. HE RETIRED IN 2002. JAY WAS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE

DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AND WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF TEMPLE MOUNT SINAI CONGREGATION AND THE TEMPLE MEN’S CLUB. IN 1966

HE WAS AWARDED THE TITLE OF “KENTUCKY COLONEL” BY THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY, THE HIGHEST HONOR BESTOWED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF

KENTUCKY. JAY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, DR. HYMAN AND SADIE MENDELOFF AND BROTHER, DR. GAYLE MENDELOFF. SURVIVORS

INCLUDE: MARILYN, BELOVED WIFE OF 64 YEARS; SON, GARY (LINDA) MENDELOFF; DAUGHTER, JAN REED; DAUGHTER, RENEE (BOB) ABRAMOFF; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN WHO LOVINGLY KNEW HIM AS “PAPI JAY”; RYAN (JACKIE) MENDELOFF; JARED AND MILES MENDELOFF; STACY (BUCK) SHAPIRO; DR. KELLIE REED; HAYLEY AND MELANIE ABRAMOFF; AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, BROOKLYN AND REED SHAPIRO; NIECES, NEPHEWS AND LONGTIME FRIENDS. GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT TEMPLE MOUNT SINAI CEMETERY 11:00AM TUESDAY, JUNE 30TH. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE TO TEMPLE MOUNT SINAI; 4408 NORTH STANTON OR TO A FAVORITE CHARITY.