Teddi Winograd, mother of Pacific Palisades resident Marcy Winograd and co-founder of the Peace and Conflict Studies Center at the Palisades Branch Library, where she donated books to honor the victims of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, passed away on August 21. She was 87. A friend of the late Norman Cousins and a member of the Palisades Democratic Club and Palisadians for Peace, Teddi spent much of her life in Pacific Palisades, though she lived in Beverly Hills. On weekends, she joined Marcy and the Palisades Democratic Club, attending forums featuring local lawmakers and hosting then-Secretary of State candidate Debra Bowen in Marcy’s backyard in the Alphabet Streets neighborhood. From 1962 to1985 Teddi, along with her beloved husband Sam Winograd, founded Teddi of California, a successful women’s apparel line known for its bright floral prints. After retiring from her life as a clothing designer, Teddi became active in politics, hosting monthly meetings of Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles in her home. When Marcy moved from the Palisades to Marina del Rey to challenge incumbent Jane Harman in the Democratic Party primary in 2006, Teddi quipped that she was running too–campaigning nonstop for her daughter and appearing at events with peace activists Cindy Sheehan and Tom Hayden. As a result of Marcy’s campaign, Teddi launched the Great Minds series, welcoming authors Gore Vidal, John Dean, Elizabeth de la Vega and John Nichols into her home. A week before Teddi died of cancer, she insisted on following through with a fundraiser for Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich. After enjoying an anti-war serenade by a three-man band while resting in her peach-colored bedroom, Teddi courageously went to her window to wave to Kucinich and the crowd gathered in her backyard garden. Teddi loved to visit her daughter for an ocean-view ride along the bluffs, followed by an early dinner at Dante’s. She often spoke proudly of her daughter’s years of teaching at Paul Revere Middle School and Palisades High School. Teddi is survived by her son Barry of Alameda, daughter Marcy (husband Buddy Gottlieb), and grandchildren Gina Gardner of Pacific Palisades and Ben and Rachel Winograd of Alameda. Office of the Americas peace activist Blase Bonpane will lead the memorial service on Sunday, August 26, at 1 p.m. at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 Centinela Ave. In lieu of flowers, friends and family may send donations to Palisadians for Peace, 934 Las Pulgas Rd., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 or the USC Andrus Gerontology Center, 3715 McClintock, Room 110, Los Angeles, CA 90089.
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