On a warm Tuesday afternoon in the Hollywood Hills, we bade farewell to our partner, mentor and friend, Stan Ross, at Mt. Sinai Cemetery. A crowd of KL partners and staff began assembling over an hour before the scheduled 12:30pm services, and despite the short notice, nearly 300 mourners attended the services. Stan's brother-in-law, Larry Sherry, as well as Joe Rubin and Steve Shepsman flew in from the east coast, and other out-of-towners were Steve Chin and his wife, Val, who flew in from Park City UT, Skip Perry from Chicago, Peter Feinstein, and Mike Straneva. Other faces in the crowd included Joe Knott, Jack Rodman, Marion Fong, Kevin Harrigan, John French, Alan Casden, Chris Johnston, Chris Seyfarth, Wayne Stelmar, Barry Gross, Ted Beder, Ryoko Takata, Bob Shames, Felise Wachtel, Polina Chapiro, Marisa Liu, Paul Kester, Marshall B. Cole, Dave Bornstein, Elissa Shore, Judy Isozaki, Connie Lockhart, Karen Correa, Scott Farb, Loren Borstein, Armand Pacher, Mary Streit, Ed Lubinecki, Faith Bayona, Michael Carroll, Lorrie Greenblatt, Sylbeth Stearns, Fred Chin, Greg Gotthardt, Mitch Ellner, Rob Starkman, Sara Thomas, Sheldon LaZar, Murray Drechsler, Alan Gittelson, Paul Pfeiffer, Steve Duffy, Dave Eisner, Alan Horwitz, Lisa Horwitz, Roger Johnson, Wally Little, Jim McLennan, Jim Carberry, Steve Geller, John Heywood, Jim Kasim, Perri Polanski, Kathy Muske, Mike Lucki, Bruce Molnar, and Maureen Schulz.
The one hour long service was highlighted by family presentations and a nostalgic tribute from Stan's good friend, Sheldon LaZar, followed by the burial. Many of the mourners then went to the Ross residence in Century City for the beginning of the shiva mourning period with a spread of kosher deli items for the guests.
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