Sharlene Riibner's Obituary
Sharlene Cohen Riibner was two months short of her
85th birthday and nine days short of her 67th
anniversary.
Her career was running a 35 person CPA firm and she
helped guide it to a great success. Firm is still active but
without Sharlene.
She was born in Trenton NJ August 15, 1935. Around
1950 she moved to Washington DC with her mother
Edith and brother Jerry. She graduated Coolidge High
School in 1953. She married Marvin Riibner and lived in
Boston for about a year returning to D.C. and later
moving to Maryland. She and Marvin lived in Maryland
until 2001 and then moved to Gleneagles in Delray Beach
Fl.
She had 4 children, Renae Brigham(Chris), Larry Riibner,
Cheryl Margulies (Stuart) and Alan Riibner (Beth).
She had eight grandchildren, 4 boys and 4 girls and loved
each of them. Travel to foreign countries with her family
was big on her calendar and she enjoyed being the leader
on all trips. She enjoyed booking these trips and so did
the grandchildren and children.
Sharlene loved sports and was an excellent golfer,
playing on the West Virginia State Championship team
and winning the championship in Snowshoe West
Virginia. When she came to Gleneagles she was on the
team and played Challenge Cup with other major clubs in
southern Fl. They played scratch matches (no
handicaps).
She enjoyed playing Bridge, Mahjong, and canasta.
Played all each week. Also enjoyed going to shows and
was an avid reader of books on her kindle.
She will be missed.
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