NATALIE SCHARF

SCHARF NATALIE (nee MEHLMAN) Age 95, of Northeast Phila., passed away peacefully on August 1, 2021 surrounded by her loving family. Ms. Scharf, whose Hebrew name is Necha bat Rasel, was born in Jaworzno, Poland in 1925. The Holocaust decimated her family - her parents, Yitzhak and Rasel, and three sisters, Chava, Rivka, and Sarah, were killed along with many others; she survived but spent several harrowing years in the Gabersdorf labor camp. Her brother, Leon, and one sister, Yadja, also survived. She met her husband, Bernard, in a displaced persons camp after the war and in 1947 they settled in Philadelphia. Ms. Scharf worked as a seamstress for many years and was a member and choir singer with the Association of Jewish New Americans. She overcame her experiences to build a loving family and is survived by her son, Jeffrey and daughter-in-law Nancy, and her daughter Andie and son-in-law Yehuda as well as grandchildren Joshua, Michael, Cara, Niva, and Jonathan, and great grandchildren Aidan, Daria, and Benjamin, plus many other family members both blood and chosen. In remembering her we are drawn to the MLK quote: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Gravesite Services will be held on Wed., August 4th at 11 A.M. at the Shalom Memorial Park in Huntingdon Valley, PA. Shiva will be observed Wed. only 6-8 P.M. at the home of Jeffrey and Nancy Scharf. Contributions in her memory may be made to St. Mary Hospital, Office of Philanthropy, 1207 Langhorne-Newtown Rd, Langhorne, PA 19047. www.goldsteinsfuneral.com