Jackie Ravel Knezevich, BHS '71 (1953-2002)

 

Jacqueline (Jackie) Irene Amoyal Ravel Knezevich

February 8, 1953 Glendale, Calif - July 16, 2002  Studio City, Calif

Jackie was an entrepreneur who started a wholesale bakery in 1992 called BakeAway Inc with clients throughout West Los Angeles and the South Bay. (LA Times 1997 article)

Jackie's father, Francis was born on May 27 1917, in Casablanca, Morocco, and her mother, Mireille (Mimi) was born on April 2 1922, in Paris, France. 

 

Mireille A Sandatch

• Born: 2 Apr 1922, Paris, France
• Marriage (1): Francis Gabriel Amoyal on 23 Oct 1944 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA
• Died: 9 Feb 1993, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA at age 70
• Buried: Feb 1993, Mt Sinai Memorial park, Los Angeles, California, USA

   Another name for Mireille was Mimi Ravel.

  General Notes:

She emigrated to the US from Ciudad Trujillo in the Dominican Republic on 30 June 1941 on the SS Borinquen. She became an Amercian citizen on 23 January 1948.

Mireille married Francis Gabriel Amoyal, son of David Amoyal and Viva Benoliel, on 23 Oct 1944 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA. (Francis Gabriel Amoyal was born on 27 May 1917 in Casablanca, Morocco and died on 3 Nov 2005 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.)

 

Francis Gabriel Amoyal

• Born: 27 May 1917, Casablanca, Morocco
• Marriage (1): Mireille A Sandatch on 23 Oct 1944 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA
• Marriage (2): Janine Caron
• Died: 3 Nov 2005, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA at age 88

   Other names for Francis were Gabriel Jacob Amoyal and Francis Gabriel Ravel.

Francis married Mireille A Sandatch, daughter of Jack Sandatch and Rebecca Adass, on 23 Oct 1944 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA. (Mireille A Sandatch was born on 2 Apr 1922 in Paris, France, died on 9 Feb 1993 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA and was buried in Feb 1993 in Mt Sinai Memorial park, Los Angeles, California, USA.)

Francis next married Janine Caron, daughter of Léo Weiner and Liselotte Heymann. (Janine Caron was born on 25 Jul 1935 in Paris, France.)

 

Jackie had 3 siblings and was married with one child. She lived in Studio City, California. At 49 years of age, tragically, Jackie committed suicide. She had ovarian cancer.

 

RIP Jackie.

Francis Gabriel Amoyal (1917-2005)

Mireille A Sandatch (1922-1993)

David Amoyal (1880-1958)

Viva Benoliel (1884-1954)

Jack Sandatch

Rebecca Adass