Isabella Maria Lider

As a young woman, she studied interpretive dancing in England. Her life changed dramatically in 1939 with the onset of WWII. In 1942 she, along with other members of her family, was sent to a concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland. She endured a year there before getting released.

In 1945 she met her husband, Lloyd, in Nuremburg, Germany where he was serving in the U.S. Army transporting journalists back and forth during the Nuremburg Trials. They married in Germany on April 9, 1946, at the Faber Castle and later settled in Davis, California.

Despite the hardships Isabella suffered during the war, she went on to live a life of joy, teaching dance lessons for 16 years, creating beautiful stained glass projects, and traveling the world with Lloyd making life-long friends. She and Lloyd moved to Medford in 2001.

Isabella is survived by her loving husband of nearly 72 years, her brother and sister Tad and Mira in Poland, son Edward (Joyce) Lider, grandchildren Julie (John) Henderson, Steven (Lisa) Carroll and Matthew (Betty) Lider, and four great-grandchildren. Her daughter, Alice Lider Carroll, preceded her in death in 2000.

Isabella's remains will be placed at Eagle Point National Cemetery in Eagle Point, Oregon; Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives in Medford, Oregon, is taking care of the arrangements. At her request, no service will be held.