Misia Nudler

Misia Nudler, a long time resident of Oakland, and more recently of Danville, passed away peacefully on October 13, 2022, just shy of her 95th birthday. She was predeceased by her husband Harold and son Harry. Misia was born in a small town in Poland about an hour from Warsaw, and was one of seven sisters. She described her parents as very loving and caring, who instilled those traits to all 7 daughters. Sabbath dinners were shared with those less fortunate,Misia recalled that on June 24, 1941 at four in the morning, Germany attacked Russian forces. Misia escaped and fled with her sister Jeanette (Sheindle) and together survived years of hiding. With the help of strangers and Righteous Gentiles, as they are known today, they were alive and were able to survive the war through the Holocaust.After the war, the Joint Jewish Organization arranged for Misia, Jeanette, and her husband Jack to be transported to a Displaced Persons (DP) Camp in Germany, which was run by the United Nations Rehabilitation Association (UNRA). There, Misia met Harold Nudler and were married in the camp and had a son, Harry. After almost 4 years in the camp, a relative sponsored them to come the the United States where they lived in a small cottage in Oakland. Harold and Jack later became partners in the scrap metal business.Daughter Judy was born in Berkeley in 1950 and life in America became the true American Dream for Misia where she became involved in the actives of her children. Misia began volunteering for various organizations, including Meals on Wheels delivering food to those less fortunate, and at Temple Beth Abraham (TBA) where she and Harold became active on the board. She also became President of TBA Sisterhood, President of Oakland Hadassah's Chapter, was involved with B'nai B'rith, Brandeis, ORT, National Jewish Women, volunteered at the Jewish Home for the Aged, worked feeding the hungry at St. Vincent de Paul, and planned successful fundraiser dinners for TBA and Hadassah. She always said the loved volunteering and they were happy times in her life.Misia was well loved by so many. We will miss her kind, considerate, compassionate, thoughtful, and caring nature who made every person she met feel special. She appreciated all the freedoms and opportunities life had to offer in the United States and always wanted to give back to the community. She showed strength in adverse situations throughout her life and loved life to the fullest. She loved her family more than anything. She leaves behind daughter Judy (Brett), granddaughter Alanna, who gave her such joy, many loving nieces nephews, great nieces and nephews, and sisters-in-law.Thank you to her loving caregivers who took wonderful care of her during her last weeks at the Reutlinger Community. You are special people. Misia will be forever missed, but we were so fortunate to have known and been surrounded by her love and kindness. We will also miss her delicious apple strudel, stuffed cabbage, and floater matzah balls at wonderful family gatherings she prepared. Misia was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland next to her husband Harold and son Harry on October 19, 2022. The best way to honor Misia is to do a kind deed to further her hopes of a more caring world. May her memory be a blessing.