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Writings about Michael Recht

-1994-
February 4, 1994—Rubin Recht, a Holocaust Survivor who founded the 14-store yardage Town chain in San Diego County 41 years ago, died of heart failure Wednesday night, Jan. 26, at Alvarado Hospital in the presence of 13 members of his politically and culturally prominent family.  He was 80.  Graveside funeral services were Friday morning, Jan. 28, at the Home of Peace Cemetery for Mr. Recht, whose last public appearance was in October at an American Jewish Committee dinner honoring his daughter, Lucy Goldman.  Among those attending Mr. Recht in his final hours were his daughter, Lucy, and a son, Michael, and a niece who was like a second daughter to him, Pearl Recht.  Mr. Recht and his childhood sweetheart and wife, Fay, and their baby daughter left the Jewish town of Mielec, Poland, for Uzbekistand together just before the Germans occupied the Galician town in September of 1939.  A buyer and seller of cloth in Samarkind, Uzbekistan, Mr. Recht and his wife were prevented by the war from reestablishing contact with their families. They learned later almost the entire population of Mielec was murdered in the Holocaust, including his nine siblings and her five siblings. But Pearl Recht, his niece, survived. She and her husband, Joe, were at Mr. Recht's bedside, along with their son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Shoshi Recht. Others in attendance included his granddaughter, Leah Ollman, and her husband, Arthur; grandson Dean Goldman and his wife, Sara; and granddaughter Lissa Magen and her husband Shlomo.  Mr. Recht's daughter-in-law, Marlene, was also present.  He also is survived by his wife, Fay; Larry and Lena Rech and Helen Recht, children of Pearl and Joe Recht, and a niece, Rima, of Russia.  from Uzbekistan, the Rechts migrated first to the American sector of Munich, Germany, then to New York, and finally to San Diego, arriving Jan. 20, 1953. The family resided in the Del Cerro area.  The family opened their first fabric store in El Cajon, with Yardage Town eventually growing into a local chain with more than 100 employees. Mr. Recht loved to show visitors around his warehouse at the National City headquarters of Yardage Town.  He was proud and grateful for the opportunities the U.S. had given him and his family.  For a while, Mr. Recht was joined by his daughter, Lucy Goldman; his son, Michael Recht, and grandson dean Goldman at Yardage Town, making it a three-generation family concern.  Mr. Recht enjoyed keeping track of the lives of eight grandchildren and 12 great0grandchildren, investing in real estate, "beging dragged' to political fundraising events by daughter Lucy, playing cards and being a member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue and the New Life Club of Holocaust Survivors.  His family requests that contributions in his honor be made to the March of the Living program of the Agency for Jewish Education, the New Life Club, or to Jewish Family Service.

-2005-
December 2005—"High Holy Day Pledges," The Shofar (monthly newsletter of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, San Diego, California), page 15... Marlene, Michael, Giuliette & Eli Recht—In honor of our parents & grandparents, Reyna & Leon Sasson & in memory of parents & grandparents, Fay & Rubin Recht, Jack & Shirley Swed & Nissim & Nazli Sasson & aunt, Linda Blumenfeld...