Savta Hannah passed away yesterday afternoon. She was 3 months shy of becoming a centurion, she was born in Kolodenka, Ukraine. As a newlywed, her husband was taken by the Russian Army to never return to meet his son. She fled to the mountains of the Ukraine with her infant, not circumsizing him for fear of being targeted as Jews. There she stayed until it was safe to travel to Kiev. She raised her son on her own as most all of her family had perished by either the Russian Army or Hitler's Henchmen. Around 1975 she made her way to Israel where she became a nurse and helped raise her now 3 grand children. She then moved to Nigeria for a few years, then back to Israel..finally making it to the United States in 1986 where she remained, illegally until passing her Citizenship exam around 1997. She led an extrordinary life by all accounts. She is survived by her Son, daughter in law, 3 grandson's, and 7 great grandchildren.
RIP Savta Hanna Feldman...a life well lived!