Clara Cohen Sibelman

SIBELMAN, Clara Cohen, 93, died Thursday, February 19, 2009. She was a native of Richmond, Virginia, and was the daughter of the late Hyman and Minnie Kaplan Cohen. She was preceded in death by her husband, Morris Sibelman; and her brothers and sisters, Paul Cohen, Rita Cohen, Bernard Cohen, Raymond Cohen, Leon Cohen, Edith Samet and Joe Cohen. She graduated from John Marshall High School in Richmond and retired from Miller Hoff Engineering Company. Survivors include her daughter, Mildred Cohen and her husband, Jerry, of Virginia Beach; her son, Edward Stein and his wife, Rebecca, of Raleigh, North Carolina; her stepson, Sy Sibelman of Wisconsin; three grandchildren, David Stein and his wife, Pamela, Barry Cohen and his wife, Heather, and Robert Cohen; and two great-grandchildren, Jordan Stein and Rachel Cohen. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at Oakwood Hebrew Cemetery, Richmond, Va., at 2 p.m. by Rabbi Daniel Yolkut. Memorial donations may be made to Beth Sholom Home of Eastern Virginia. The family will receive friends at 5248 Balfor Drive, Virginia Beach, Va. 23464. H. D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk Chapel, is handling arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the family at hdoliver.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.