Ursula Marie Wasserman, née Weissenberg passed away on May 6, 2017 at the age of 87. Ursula M. Wasserman (nickname Sue) experienced a life that was filled with amazing occurrences, many that it can be said were of epic proportions. A few of these are mentioned here, and incredibly there are more than these. Ursula was born in Berlin, Germany on December 20, 1929, a region that was to become the epicenter of the Holocaust. At age 9, only a few hours before the Gestapo was to raid their home, she and her sister were granted passage on Kindertransport into England where they were housed with a Quaker family and educated at a Quaker boarding school until the end of WWII. Her parents were also at that time whisked away to safety, but in hiding in Germany. All survived to reunite in Sweden after the war. Ursula's father passed away there and she along with her mother and sister emigrated to Montreal, Canada and then New York, United States. Ursula lived in Sunnyside, Queens, then Brooklyn for a short time after she got married until they moved to Forest Hills, Queens where she lived for over 50 years. The last few months of her life she lived in Sayville, NY although Forest Hills was the place she truly called home.

In 1988, Ursula was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and given a prognosis of an 80% chance of not surviving past five years. Fascinating that she lived 29 years past diagnosis.

In 1989, while heading down into a subway station, Ursula was pushed down the stairs falling head first. In her retelling of the story, at the bottom of the stairs, she was placed on her feet, feeling that she had been helped by someone, yet no one was in sight who logically could have helped her.

Three times between 2005 and 2007, Ursula had occurrences of bladder cancer. The third time, imaging tests led to the medical conclusion that her bladder would need to be removed. However, more imaging tests done just before the surgery was to take place, revealed a picture much improved, something that baffled the doctors and allowed her bladder to remain. She never had a recurrence of the bladder cancer after that.

Sometime after that Ursula fell while going through a revolving door in a building in Manhattan where she had been for a doctor's appointment. She was helped up by her husband and another witness to the fall, and was completely unharmed. Not a broken bone, nor a bruise, nor a scratch, nor any pain resulted.

As it says in the Bible in Psalm 77 "You are the G-d Who works wonders; You made known Your might among the peoples." Looking at Ursula's life, one can only stand in awe. As Lamentations 3 in the Bible states "The steadfast love of the L-rd never ceases; His mercies never come to an end." It is a reminder to continually look up. "The L-rd is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him." Deuteronomy 32:4 "The Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice; a G-d of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He." Closing out this obituary for Ursula M. Wasserman "And the glory of the L-rd shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see that the mouth of the L-rd spoke." (Isaiah 40:5 from the Bible). In loving memory of Ursula M. Wasserman, a devoted wife to Walter, her husband of 48 years; mother to their only child, Diane Greenblatt; mother-in-law to Diane's husband, Barry; and grandmother to their children, Bryan and Lori.