![]() Small Business Administration) and he and Patty have coached entrepreneurs through Maui Mastermind. Gene and Patty moved to Montecito in 1996, where Gene turned his attention to business coaching and to philanthropic pursuits. Gene supported small business owners through SCORE (part of the U.S. They hosted over 25 high school and college students for up to a year and most became extended family. The Sinsers have five grandchildren, and became a host family for international students via Youth for Understanding and EF. Gene served 30 years as an arbitrator for the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara County Bar Associations. Located in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles, the Gene Sinser Gallery specialized in sports and entertainment memorabilia, as well local artists and fine art. in Los Angeles, Gene focused on his love of art, opening a popular gallery and custom framing service. He married Patty DeDominic in 1986 and became devoted stepfather to her three sons.Īfter a long and successful career in the food-service industry, first at Continental Coffee Co. from Germany in 1953, taught himself English, and became an American citizen. He and his first wife of 27 years, Ingrid, had two children, Steven and Sabrina. He was 85.īorn in Mannheim, Germany, his youth was punctuated by World War II, during which he and his family were refugees, bombed out of their home and interned for two years, often separated from his mother, who was Jewish. The family was relocated and detained in France for being German. ![]() 2, of natural causes at his home in Solvang. Gene Bennett Sinser, longtime member of the Santa Barbara arts and tennis communities, died Sunday, Dec.
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