Barbara Ann Leff

At age seven, she moved and grew up in Bayside, Queens, in the house that everyone in the neighborhood stared at during the spring, as the house on the corner with the beautiful Japanese cherry blossom trees.

Her parents, Lily “Lee” Rubin Hamburger and Meyer Raymond Hamburger or “Meyer the Buyer”, raised her well as a middle child between an older brother, Marvin and a younger one, Howard or “Little Howard.”

She met her husband of 53 and 1/2 years in the Catskill Mountains resort of The Nemerson Hotel in South Fallsburg, New York. It took little for them to fall in love and with consenting parents, they were married on November 3, 1962.

A daughter, Peri Yvonne arrived on January 4, 1966 and a son, Steven Neil followed on July 14, 1969.

The absolute loves of her life, her grandchildren, Megan Michelle, Braxten Tyler, Branden Dugan, Karlie Ann, Bradley Benjamin, Kaden Daniel, and Kylie Paige are now between 23 and 7 years old. A grandma’s love is unconditional and lasts for centuries.

Barbara lived a short, but full life filled with the best of everything. She was the epitome of a “JAQ,” Jewish-American Queen, until a Ponzi scheme sucked the life, fun and money away in 2013 with bankruptcy in December 2015.

She will be terribly missed by her family, friends, neighbors and many contacts from around the world.

A new star appeared in the Heavens last Shabbos evening. Look for it!!!!