Sandra K. Silbermann

1930 - 2021

Sandra K. Silbermann
With great regret, we inform our friends and relatives of the passing of our dear wife and mother, Sandra K. Silbermann, on Friday, January 1, 2021.
Sandra was born in October 1930, in the Bronx, NY, to Henry and Carrie Goldstein Katz, both born in Harlem, NY. In 1948, she graduated from William Howard Taft High School. She met Ludwig "Lou" Silbermann when a friend and the friend's boyfriend planned an outing for a group of her girlfriends and his boyfriends. Sandra and Lou married in December 1951 and recently celebrated their 69th anniversary.
Lou's employment in the paper industry started in Manhattan, with Hudson Pulp & Paper Corp., now Georgia Pacific, but he was moved to Palatka, FL (1964-78), then back to New York, then to Darien, CT, then to Richmond, VA, where he retired. Their three children were born in Queens, NY, but grew up in East Palatka. Sandra took classes at St. Johns River Jr. College in Palatka. When she was ready to rejoin the work force, she got a job as a teacher's aide at James A. Long Elementary School, an all-Black school, which she helped to integrate in 1968-69, a year before forced desegregation hit Florida. Later she worked for the Florida DOT while it was building a new bridge over the St. Johns River. When her husband's job forced her to move, her organizational skills landed her jobs as office manager for the Queens Symphony Orchestra, and the accounting firms of Macaluso & Nardi in Norwalk, CT and Maddrea, Joyner, Kirkham & Woody, P.C. in Richmond, VA.
Sandra placed a high value on education, wishing her parents had let her go to college The biggest joy in her life was her satisfaction in the scholastic achievements of her children, all of whom were co-valedictorian or co-salutatorian of their high school class; one was awarded the Four-Year Scholar Award at the University of Florida. The three kids obtained a total of nine college degrees at the bachelor's level or above, ultimately earning degrees in law, engineering, computers, and accounting.
In 1998, the couple retired to Royal Palm Beach, FL, where they were active in the Young at Heart Club and participated in many activities at Golden Lakes Village in West Palm Beach. At Golden Lakes Village's dance group, they made good and lasting friendships.
Sandra is survived by her husband Lou; three children, Marcia "Marci" Adler (Moshe), Frank Silbermann (Jan), and Scott Silbermann; eight grandchildren, Michael Adler, Matthew Adler (Melinda Goodman), and Malka Adler, and Tovah, Eliana, Asher, David, and Shoshana Silbermann; three great-grandchildren; an identical twin sister June Roberta; a sister-in-law Estelle Silbermann; and too many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends to mention.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their will be a private funeral at Star of David on January 5. Those who wish to may contribute, in Sandra's memory, to Hadassah, Temple Beth El of West Palm Beach, the Chabad of West Palm Beach, or the Chabad of Royal Palm Beach.