Barbara Z. Scolnick 1944-2010

Barbara Z. Scolnick, loving wife, mother, sister and "gaga" to eight beautiful grandchildren died peacefully in her Westwood home on Sunday, April 25th after a nineteen month battle with brain cancer. She was 65 years old.

Born in the small farming town of London, Ohio, she was one of five children raised by a single mother. After graduating from the University of Dayton, Barbara travelled with her young family across the country to start a new life in Palos Verdes, California. She was an active volunteer at Ner Tamid Synagogue, Chadwick School and Hospice. But she found her true calling when she began in the accessories department at Nordstroms. She went on to become the top Personal Shopper in the company, eventually doing the same at Saks and Barneys. She always knew what to wear and how to wear it, and she dressed numerous people for their simchas--from Bat Mitzvahs to the Oscars--instilling all with confidence and pride. She was a go-to source for how to "gain weight and lose money" (her words!) and, as a result, built a wide network of friends who adored her. She found her besheret with Morton Scolnick. Together they enjoyed travelling around the world, Shabbat pool parties with her grandchildren and making shidachs both marital, professional and personal for all.

She is survived by her husband, Morton Scolnick; siblings, Sophie Brill, Marvin (Patty) Dworkin and Marlene (Bill) Schwartz; children, Jeff (Debby) Zwelling and Rabbi Sherre (Jeff) Hirsch; step-daughters, Michelle (Mark) Belchetz and Laina (Jon) Eskin; grandchildren Emet, Eden, Alia and Levi Hirsch, Zachary and Lilah Brooke Zwelling, Sam and Marlee Belchetz.

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