Bea Altman, 77 - Began Zucky's Delicatessen & Restaurant in Santa Monica

[Bob Feigel]

(Talk about a blast from the past. Zucky's had the best Kosher dill
pickles, potato salad & tuna fish salad, etc west of Cantor's. In the
late-50's I got kicked out of Zucky's once for wearing flip-flops
instead of shoes and had a rather vocal argument with Fred in the
parking lot behind Zucky's a few minutes later. But my love of their
food overcame my choice of footwear and I toed the line the next time
I entered their always packed establishment and enjoyed many, many
delicious calories there over the years. Their food was superb. Their
choice of dill pickles in various stages of pickleness was legendary.
I drool to think of it. God bless, Bea ... and Fred. RIP)

http://www.legacy.com/latimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=114530648

Bea Altman

ALTMAN, Bea In loving memory of Bea Altman.

We are saddened at the passing of Bea Altman, who, with her late
husband Fred, his brother and wife, began what was to become an
institution in Santa Monica, the restaurant and delicatessen Zucky's.

Beginning on the pier in Santa Monica, it operated for a number of
years alongside the merry-go-round and carnival games in the early
1950零 before moving to the location it would occupy for the next 40
years at Fifth and Wilshire.

Now considered a historical site, the restaurant has passed into the
memories of those who loved to dine there, but the sign is there as a
reminder of the early days of Santa Monica.

Born April 28, 1921 in Chicago, IL, she moved with her family to the
Los Angeles area in 1923, and was to live here the rest of her life.
Bea was what is now considered a "Rosie," spending the years of World
War II working in a defense plant in the Santa Monica area.

After the war she worked at Zucky's, and then chose to become a stay
at home mom for her two daughters, Susan and Denise.

She loved to play bridge, and her favorite hobbies were playing golf,
tennis, walking and running an occasional 10 K race. Into her eighties
she was still walking three miles a day.

Surviving are her daughters, Susan Fedelchak and her husband, Robert
of Durango, Colorado, Denise Neumark-Reimer and her husband, Fred of
Los Angeles, three grandchildren, Valerie Neumark of Sherman Oaks,
Corrina Fedelchak Russell of Bozeman, Montana, and Sgt. Tyler
Fedelchak, USMC, of Camp Pendleton, and one great-grandson, Colter
Russell of Bozeman.

Memorials may be made to the Boy's and Girls Club of Santa Monica,
Santa Monica, CA, 90401 or the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322
8th Ave, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10001. Mount Sinai Memorial Parks
and Mortuaries - Hollywood Hills (800) 600-0076

Published in the Los Angeles Times on 7/31/2008

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[Bob Feigel]

[Default] On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:15:19 +1200, Bob Feigel
<b...@surfwriter.net.not> magnanimously proffered:

Changing the header. She was 87.

[fancy...@gmail.com]

I worked at Zucky's for almost 2 years 82-84. When I put on that uniform the food & circuses I'll never forget! Fred & Bea would sit in my station near the counter. With Lonnie getting the order up and Mary the mgr making sure the groupies were contained. The Stars & autographes!!
Thanks for the Memorys,
Nancy Hudson Aka; "Princess"

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