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Michael "Mickey" Newman

Honored by Sy and Resa Brenner, El Cajon, California, August 22, 2005

"Mickey Newman worked for Metropolitan Life in Detroit and was their youngest and most productive salesman.  He received offers from other major insurance companies to become a general manager. In 1972, he chose Sun Life of Canada to open an office in San Diego, California.  He was with them for nine years when he decided to go into business for himself and he became a building contractor  under the fitting name of Pride Builders.  In 1979, he also became the president of Beth Tefilah Synagogue, where he served on the board for many years. People liked Mickey because he was funny, and because he was the most loyal of friends.  He and his friend Jerry Friedman used to go to Beth Tefilah’s ‘bagel and lox’ club on Sunday mornings, and afterwards take the boys across the street to the Muir Elementary School field to play softball. Jerry had a rival construction business, but after he developed Parkinson’s disease, he and Mickey more or less merged their businesses. Until Jerry’s death, Mickey took him to minyan and to all his appointments—even after Jerry moved to North County.  Mickey was the one who oversaw the expansion at DZ Akins Restaurant, and he and all his cronies liked to sit at the same booth, "Deli-3," every morning. The Akins family so admired him they hung his picture to the right of the front door."—Sy Brenner, El Cajon, California, September 2, 2005

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