September 17, 1921 - September 25, 2014
David H. Menashe, Founder of Fundline, passed away on September 25th due to complications of congestive heart failure. He was 93.
Husband of Marian H. Sigal (1944-1966) and Sydelle Z. Gewant (1967-2011), he was born in New York City in 1921 to immigrant Jewish parents from Istanbul, Turkey. After living in Brooklyn and Astoria, the family moved to Los Angeles in 1931 for his father's health and prospects for employment during the depression. The family bought a house and created a chicken farm in Burbank. He lived there and worked with his father, graduating from Burbank High School in 1938. He worked for the U.S. Post Office, after which he joined the Air Force, earning the rant of 1st Lieutenant navigator bombardier serving in WW2.
After returning to Burbank to live with his parents and his wife Marian and son Howard, David bought a 1 acre plot in Sepulveda and built a chicken farm and home in 1948.He then moved to Moorpark, creating a larger ranch in 1953 with his brother Abraham. He eventually moved with his cherished wife Marian and their 3 children to Ventura where they resided until Marian's death in 1966.
In 1967 he remarried. He and his devoted wife Sydelle established a blended family with their home on Cass Avenue in Woodland Hills. Their home became the heart and soul of the entire family.
Ultimately, David proceeded to pour hid boundless energies into his greastest passion; the stock market which had fascinated him since his youth. He became a leader in the investment business, creating and sustaining a nationally recognized advisory service, Fundline, as well as managing individual portfolios until his retirement in 2010.
He lived with his wife Sydelle until her death in 2011. He keen intellect and curiosity remained until the end,
He was our beloved patriarch and is survived by sons, Howard, Jay, daughter, Diane, stepdaughters, Susan, Carole and Donna, son-in-law's, Frank, Steve and Bill, grandchildren, Adam(Jen), Mandy (Justin), William (Ani), Leo, Paul, Jason, Lisa, Issac (Becca), Daniel and Alexandra, great-grandchildren, Natalia, Sophia, Reed, Autumn, Maya and Ezra; brother, Abraham and sister, Esther.
Our family expresses our heartfelt thanks to his many caregivers with special gratitude to Khine, Blanca and Orayne.
Services will be held at Mount Sinai, Hollywood Hills on Tuesday, September 30th at 12:30 p.m. In lieu of flowere, donations can be made to the American Heart Association.
He has left this earth and is embraced by the universe.
Published in Los Angeles Times from Sep. 27 to Sep. 28, 2014
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