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- The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday, December 14, 1994
Max Aaron Bass Continued Teaching of Metal Working
After Max Aaron Bass sold the Accurate Machine Tool Inc. firm that he had founded, he continued to teach metalworking skills to high school students.
He was involved in many other volunteer activities and was a fund-raiser for the Jewish Welfare Federation.
He was an outgoing man who enjoyed dancing, especially the tango.
Mr. Bass, 82, died yesterday at the Montefiore Nursing Home.
He was born in Buffalo, but was raised in Cleveland. He graduated from East Technical High School and attended Fenn College. He was a resident of Shaker Heights for many years, and more recently, of Beachwood.
Mr. Bass founded the machine tool company in 1941 and served as its president until he retired in 1979. At times he had as many as 100 employees. He was a former president of the National Machine Tool Builders Association.
Mr. Bass was one of the last surviving members of the Sphinx Club, a men's social group. He belonged to Lake Forest Country Club and the President's Country Club of West Palm Beach, Fla. He most recently golfed at Beechmont Country Club.
He was deeply interested in music and had played a violin since he was a child.
Mr. Bass was a former member of the Park Synagogue board. He volunteered at the Bellfaire children's home and with SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives).
Mr. Bass is survived by his wife, the former Ruby Chertkoff, to whom he was married 56 years; sons, Dr. Jonathan of Beachwood and Howard of Alexandria, Va.; daughters, Karen Torop of Middletown, Conn., and Gail Arnoff of Shaker Heights; eight grandchildren; three sisters; and two brothers.
Services will be at noon tomorrow at the Park Synagogue East, 27575 Shaker Blvd., Pepper Pike.
Arrangements are being handled by the Berkowitz-Kumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel of Cleveland Heights.
1940 Federal Census of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (15 Apr 1940)
Max Bass 28 M Head NY Same Tool Maker Tool Factory
Ruby 24 F Wife CN Same
Living next door
1940 Federal Census of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (15 Apr 1940)
Morris Silver 27 M Head OH Same Salesman Wholesale Bakery
Pauline 24 F Wife NY Same
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Bassett Family Association Database
1912 - 1994 (82 years)