Ursula B. Hauschildt Warrum died Saturday, June 19, 2010, at her home in Ketchum. She is survived by her husband, Rewk Warrum, her sister Gisela Nordstrom, brother Hans Hauschildt, niece Katinka Borrel, and her nephew, Benton Lamson, and his family.
Ursula was accompanied with family and friends by her side when she passed away that Saturday.
Ursula was born in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 21, 1940. Her parents, Hans and Vera, had their home and business there. As Berlin was being bombed so was their livelihood. To avoid the spoils of war, Vera took Ursula and her three siblings (two sisters and a brother) and fled to Sweden to seek shelter with her mother's parents. Her grandparents worked for the King of Sweden in charge of the Royal Palace grounds. Their father stayed behind to try to salvage the family business.
As it turned out, her father died in 1950, Ursula was 10 at the time. Vera pressed on alone, raising her four children as best she could. They all lived with her grandparents along with her cousins on the palace grounds all through her childhood until she graduated from university. Ursula started working for Pan American Airways in the early 1960s as a flight attendant where she worked and traveled all over the world many times. She considered herself very fortunate to have been able to see the world and get paid while doing it.
After Pan Am, she settled in New York City for a couple of years, then headed west where she settled in Aspen, Colo., for some 10 years. That's where she and Rewk first met, not having a clue they would marry some 40 years later. After Colorado, she moved to Newport Beach, Calif., where she stayed for a couple of years.
Ursula then came to the Wood River Valley in the mid-1970s. She started working for the Janss-owned Sun Valley Resort and stayed for the next 28 years after the Holdings bought Sun Valley Co., helping them build it into the beautiful resort it is today.
Ursula enjoyed the skiing, hiking—all the things the Wood River Valley has to offer. But most of all she loved sharing it all with all her many friends.
Details on a celebration of her life will be posted at a later date. In lieu of cards or flowers, Ursie wanted any donations in her name sent to the wonderful Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley and the amazing people who help those in need.
Arrangements are under the care of Wood River Chapel, www.woodriverchapel.com.
