Hanna G. Tauber

Hanna G. Tauber, 93, formerly of Springfield and Longmeadow, MA, died on March 30, 2022. She was born in Vienna, Austria on January 31, 1929, to the late Walter and Ilona Greenwood. She received her early education in Vienna and then escaped the Nazis with her brother, Fred, on the Kindertransport. After living with a foster family in England, she immigrated with her brother to the United States and eventually reunited with her parents. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hunter College. While in New York she met her husband, Walter. They wed in 1952 and remained married until his death in 2009.

She helped found and operate several alternative elementary schools and managed the business aspects of her late husband’s medical practice for many years. An avid gardener and voracious reader, she enjoyed the theatre and listening to classical music. She was particularly easy to buy gifts for, as she appreciated any item, as long as it was blue.

She is survived by her sons, David and his partner Christine Beres of Conway, NH, Michael and his wife Joan Kwiatkowski of Barrington, RI, Daniel and his former wife Paulette Tauber of Windsor Locks, CT, and Joshua and his wife Beth Spaulding of Somerville, MA, her grandchildren, Kylie, Rachel, Rebecca, Benjamin, and Aaron, and her brother-in-law Stephen Tauber of Lexington, MA. May her memory be a blessing.

Her services were private.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Civil Liberties Union or a public library.

The family would like to thank Tockwotton Home and Hope Health and Hospice for the care they provided.

Arrangements are in the care of Sugarman-Sinai Memorial Chapel, Providence.