Former longtime Pacific Palisades resident Sinny Stofkooper died peacefully in her sleep on August 31. She was 98 years old. Sinny and her late husband, Leo Stofkooper, survived the Holocaust in occupied Holland and, in 1953, emigrated to Southern California, where they settled in Pacific Palisades and opened Leo’s Cycle Shop next to the Hobby Shop on Via de la Paz in 1955. After retirement, Sinny and Leo moved to Leisure World in Seal Beach, where they enjoyed many happy years together. Sinny was predeceased by her husband and their son, Alex. She is survived by her daughter, Emilie (husband Georg) of Pacific Palisades; granddaughter Michelle King (husband Robert), and great-granddaughter Sophia King of Westwood. The funeral took place on August 2.
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