William S. Ziv

William S. Ziv, age 87, of Amberley Village Ohio and Deerfield Beach Florida passed away on February 26th. He was born in Cincinnati to Frederick W. Ziv and Malvin Rae Ziv on April 28th 1935. Beloved husband for 61 years of Elinor Cohen Ziv, devoted father of the late Edward (Elise) Ziv of Pikesville, MD, Drs. Francine and Douglas Behrman, Robert and Lisa Ziv of Baltimore, MD and Andrea Lavine of Baltimore, MD, dear brother of the late Frederica (Fritzie) Yamin of Santa Barbara, CA, loving grandfather of Racheli (Eric) Litman, Shifra (Binyamin) Stolberg, Dr. Basha, Naftali (Aliza) and Gavriel Behrman, Caleb Benjamin and Coby Ziv, Jacob, Yael and Allison Ziv , Abby (AV) Klein, Becca (Adam) Baruch, Great grandchildren Eli and Daniel Littman, Michoel Eliezer Stolberg, Meira Klein, Malya and Aryeh Baruch. Bill graduated from UCLA with a degree in English literature. He then went to work for Ziv television productions and became a vice president. When the company was sold to United Artists he decided to change careers and returned to Cincinnati where he became an investment manager and developer. He helped conceive and develop West Park Retirement center. Upon his return to Cincinnati he became an active volunteer member of the community. When he heard that the poison control center was going to have to close because of lack of funding he spearheaded a campaign to see that it was able to stay open. He was a member of the Hoxworth community advisory board and chaired the JNF campaign for 2 years. Among the many things that he did was to produce the Miss Cincinnati contest. He was a visionary who saw that antisemitism was a threat in America years before it became generally accepted and along with Rob Festenstien set up the forerunner of safe Cincinnati. He was very proud to have a 2nd Bar Mitzvah at age 83 since he did not have one at the traditional age of 13. Instead of presents he donated a Medicycle to Magen Dovid Adom. He loved fishing and teaching the sport to his grandchildren as well as singing silly songs, and traveling the United States in his RV with his wife. He put his English Literature degree to good use writing beautiful poems about love, life, family and world events. Despite his many accomplishments and hobbies family was his greatest joy and highest priority. His family experienced this love and joy, returning it kind. Services will be held on Tuesday, February 28th at 10:30AM at Weil Kahn Funeral Home 8350 Cornell Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45249. The service will be live streamed at http://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/85333. Shiva will be observed at his home 2955 Belkay Lane. Contributions can be made to the Elinor & Bill Ziv Endowment fund for Cincinnati Hebrew Day School at the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Community Kollel or Magen David Adom.

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William S. Ziv

April 28, 1935 - February 26, 2023