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Sonja Scheff Blue was born in Vienna, Austria, on July 25, 1924 and passed away on January 13, 2017 at the age of 92. Sonja lived in Czechoslovakia, Austria and Spain during her childhood and adolescence and survived scarlet fever, the Great Depression, World War II and fleeing from the Russians after the war. Sonja loved music and studied voice, played the piano, violin and the accordion. As a young adult she spoke seven languages and worked as a translator for the United Nations Immigration Office in Madrid, Spain where she met her husband of 50 years, Lee Blue. They were married on the rock of Gibraltar and during the early years of their marriage they traveled and lived throughout South America. Sonja was an excellent cook, had an ardent interest in politics and history and enjoyed gardening for many years. She had a thirst for knowledge and after settling in the United States in the early 1970’s she went back to college. Sonja instilled her love of learning, passion for music and the importance of family in all of her children and grandchildren. Sonja’s life was full of amazing adventures but her love for her family was always most important to her. She simply adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and kept up with each one of them through phone calls, pictures and letters. She was an incredibly strong woman and will be dearly missed. Sonja is survived by her four children: daughter Silvia Frost and husband Mark; daughter Teresa Guerra and husband Frank; son Alex Blue and wife Sherry; daughter Dina Post and husband Frank. Sonja is also survived by her nephews Kleo Blue, Barry Blue and wife Debbie, and her 12 grandchildren; Mark and Sabrina Frost, Jessica, Mathew, Olivia and Sonia Guerra; Alexander and wife Sarah, Jennifer and Emily Blue; Sara Marshall and husband Jonathan, Victoria and Preston Post and her great-grandchildren; Lilly Blue; Jackson, Beau and Hank Marshall. Sonja is preceded in death by her parents, Oskar and Pauline Scheff and her husband, Lee Blue. Visitation will begin at 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Friday, January 20 at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North. Funeral Service at 10:00 AM on Saturday, January 21 at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Internment will follow at Mission Retama Cemetery.

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Sonja Scheff Blue

July 25, 1924 - January 13, 2017