Marlene Riba

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     Meeting ID: 882 9815 0094
     Passcode: 263177

DONATIONS: The family requests donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, American Diabetes Association, or to the American Cancer Society. To visit this Guest Book Online, go to https://www.jewishfuneralcare.com/obituary/Marlene-Riba

OBITUARY

MARLENE SCHERER RIBA died peacefully after an extended illness at her home on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. Marlene was born in Miami, Florida on May 20, 1946. She was a graduate of Coral Gables High School 1964, having been active in the Zakkai BBG (B’Nai Brith Girls). She went on to Miami-Dade Community College and then to the University of Florida where she received her undergraduate and Master’s degree in Reading and Learning Disabilities. She taught Elementary school for the Miami-Dade Public School System. She also taught Elementary school as a Learning Disabilities and Resource teacher in the Cobb County School System at Rocky Mount Elementary. As a teacher, she brought a positive attitude, her smile, as well as her sweaters to every class.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Abby and Jeffrey Rittberg; her daughter and son-in-law, Adrienne and Jeffrey Scheck; her son and daughter-in-law, Russ and Elaine Riba; sister Coralie Wilensky and sister and brother-in-law Wendy and Harold Asher; her grandchildren Arielle Rittberg, Brennen Rittberg, Zachary, Faryn, Shelby and Amanda Scheck, Daviano Riba and Lazaro Riba, along with numerous cousins, nieces and nephews and extended family.

Funeral services will be held Graveside at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, September 29, 2024, in the Star of David section of Greenlawn Cemetery, 950 Mansell Road, Roswell, GA 30076.  Staff for Dresslers Jewish Funeral Home suggest mourners arrive by 2:30 pm or earlier. Orange cones will be placed near the Mansell Road entrance directing mourners to the Graveside.  Shiva (prayer and light refreshments) will follow the funeral and take place in the Social Hall at Temple Kehillat Chaim, 1145 Green Street, Roswell, GA 30075.

For those not able to attend in person, a Zoom link is posted in the Dressler’s website, listed below.

The family requests donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, American Diabetes Association, or to the American Cancer Society. To visit this Guest Book Online, go to https://www.jewishfuneralcare.com/obituary/Marlene-Riba