Music teacher, Holocaust survivor, grandmother to 13
Eva S. Grace, born in Hanover, Germany, in 1923, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2019, after a brief illness.
A Staten Islander since 1952, she was married to William J. Grace, an English professor, who died in 1979. Eva taught music, and conducted a children's orchestra and chorus where she favored Beethoven, Bach and Mozart, retiring in 1986.
Eva was a Holocaust survivor, having escaped the Nazis by being placed on a Kindertransport to England with her sister, Marianna Lubkin, who survives her and brother, Karl, who predeceased her.
She immigrated to the U.S. in 1947. Eva is survived by six children: Elizabeth Lopez and George Grace of Staten Island; William Grace Jr. and Michael Grace, both of Westchester County, and Joan Nolan and Catherine A. Grace, both from Syracuse, N.Y. She leaves behind 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Besides her music, Eva enjoyed the books of Pope Benedict and Bishop Ahern, and she was a strong supporter of all her children's endeavors. RIP.
Visiting is Thursday, May 9, at the Harmon Funeral Home, S.I, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial is Friday, May 10 at Sacred Heart R.C. Church at 11 a.m. Interment is at St. Peter's Cemetery.
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