November 27 2019
Julius Falkoff November 27, 2019 Share this obituary Send Flowers Sign Guestbook| View Guestbook Entries| Send Sympathy Card| Memorial Donation Julius Monis Falkoff passed away on November 27, 2019 at his home in Union City. Burial will be at 2PM on Friday, December 13 at The Temple Cemetery, 2001 15th Avenue North in Nashville. A memorial service will be conducted at 2PM on Sunday, December 15 at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with visitation from noon until the hour of the service. The family requests that memorials be made to Obion County Hometown Walk of Hope, PO Box 482, Union City, TN 38281 or The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Grand Central Station, PO Box 4777, New York, NY 10163-4777 (donations@michaeljfox.org to make a donation online). A native of East Prairie, Missouri, he was the son of the late Jeannette and Israel Jacob Falkoff. He attended Bowling Green Business College (now Western Kentucky University) and served in the US Navy. He married Ellise Dobson of Hickman, and they were life and business partners for nearly 60 years until her death in 2014. Together they ran the family department stores, Dobson’s, in Hickman and Clinton, Kentucky. In 1972 they opened Falkoff’s in Union City, and moved there in 1975. They launched a small chain of women’s petite clothing stores, 5’4” and Under, in 1981. In addition to being a retailer, he was a Co-Founder and a Director of First Volunteer Bank, and a retired Director of First Citizens National Bank. He was active as a civic leader, serving as President of the Hickman Chamber of Commerce, the Retail Merchants, and the Hickman Civitan Club, Vice Chairman of the Fulton County Library Board, and on the Board of Directors of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Skyhawks Club. He was a member of the Union City Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Goodwill Shrine Club, and Moose Lodge. As Co-Chair with his wife of the Community Concerts Association of Union City – Obion County, they brought well-known, live entertainment to Union City. During their 13-year tenure, membership grew to over 1,000 families. Along with his wife and several other local families, he was one of the founders of the Jewish Center in Union City, which provided worship opportunities to the Jewish community in the surrounding area. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Ellis and Julie Falkoff, of Union City; daughter and son-in-law, Juli Falkoff and Brian Sterman, and his beloved grandchildren, Max Sterman and Stella Sterman, all of New York; his sister and brother-in-law, Shirley and David Friedman of Atlanta, as well as countless family and friends who were touched by his ready smile, optimism, and love of life. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Edward Falkoff, Garson Falkoff, Richard Falkoff, and Herbert Falkoff Print Obituary Sign Guestbook Name: Location: Video: Image: Light A Candle Candle 1 Candle 2 Candle 3 Candle 4 Email: Personal Message: Personal Message (required) Confirm: Submit Guestbook entry
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Julius Falkoff November 27 2019.
Death notice for the town of: Union City, state: Tennessee