Esther Mudrick, 97

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Esther (Bornstein) Mudrick died Dec. 27, 2014. Born in Poland, she was the daughter of the late Moshe and Chaya (Platner) Bornstein. Esther stemmed from the Gur (Gerri) Chasidim. She was a Holocaust survivor who overcame many hardships. Even though she and her late husband Ezra came to the U.S. after the Holocaust without money, they often went without because they wanted to make sure their only daughter would receive a good Jewish education and Jewish values so they sent her first to Providence Hebrew Day School and later on to the Stern College in New York. Esther was a devoted wife to her husband who was ill during much of their married life. At the end of her life, she was “adopted” by the high school girls at the Providence Hebrew Day School/NEAT – New England Academy of Torah, who became like her surrogate granddaughters and made her last years more joyous because of the love and affection they bestowed upon her.

She is survived by her daughter Chaya Bouganim and her husband Shimon; her grandchildren Yitzhak Moshe, Yosef David, Shlomit Mazal and their spouses; her great-grandchildren Lior, Inbar, Ori and Liad; and her two nieces Gitta Katz and Regina Navidal, all of whom live in Israel.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Providence Hebrew Day School/NEAT, 450 Elmgrove Ave., Providence, R.I. 02906.