Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMary “Eleanor” Ribelin 
Birth1935, Rowan County, NC
Death29 Oct 2006, Greenville County, SC
Burial1 Nov 2006, Organ Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rowan County, NC
FatherNathaniel Oscar Ribelin (1892-1951)
MotherMary Geneva Heilig (1903-1984)
Spouses
Birth11 Aug 1933, Rowan County, NC
Death24 Oct 1994, Greenville County, SC
BurialOrgan Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rowan County, NC
FatherJohn Lewis Sifford (1900-1967)
MotherHelen Esther Helms (1905-1972)
Marriage26 Dec 1953, Rowan County, NC
ChildrenBarry Lee (1955-)
Teresa Ann
Pamela Jane
Notes for Mary “Eleanor” Ribelin
Eleanor Ribelin Sifford
GREENSVILLE, SC - Eleanor Ribelin Sifford, 71, of Greenville, died Oct. 29, 2006.
Born in Rowan County, Mrs. Sifford was the daughter of the late Nathaniel O. and Geneva Heilig Ribelin and the widow of Ralph Gene Sifford. She was secretary with J.P. Stevens and was a member of Lutheran Church of Our Savior.
Surviving are daughters Mrs. Pamela Sifford Dubois of Concord and Mrs. Teresa Sifford Tinsley of Greenville, S.C.; son Barry Sifford of Salisbury; brothers Charles L. Ribelin of Arden, N.C., Nathaniel O. Ribelin Jr. of Alpharetta, Ga., and Frank R. Ribelin of Nevada; and grandchildren Christopher and Audrey Sifford.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Herman A. Ribelin, and a sister, Evelyn E. Ribelin.
Service: A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lutheran Church of Our Savior. A committal service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Organ Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association, Upstate South Carolina Chapter, Greenville, SC.
Thomas McAFee Funeral Home, in Greenville, S.C., is in charge of the Sifford service.
Powles Funeral Home in Rockwell is assisting the Sifford family with local arrangements.
Salisbury Post, 31 Oct 2006
GREENSVILLE, SC - Eleanor Ribelin Sifford, 71, of Greenville, died Oct. 29, 2006.
Born in Rowan County, Mrs. Sifford was the daughter of the late Nathaniel O. and Geneva Heilig Ribelin and the widow of Ralph Gene Sifford. She was secretary with J.P. Stevens and was a member of Lutheran Church of Our Savior.
Surviving are daughters Mrs. Pamela Sifford Dubois of Concord and Mrs. Teresa Sifford Tinsley of Greenville, S.C.; son Barry Sifford of Salisbury; brothers Charles L. Ribelin of Arden, N.C., Nathaniel O. Ribelin Jr. of Alpharetta, Ga., and Frank R. Ribelin of Nevada; and grandchildren Christopher and Audrey Sifford.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Herman A. Ribelin, and a sister, Evelyn E. Ribelin.
Service: A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lutheran Church of Our Savior. A committal service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Organ Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association, Upstate South Carolina Chapter, Greenville, SC.
Thomas McAFee Funeral Home, in Greenville, S.C., is in charge of the Sifford service.
Powles Funeral Home in Rockwell is assisting the Sifford family with local arrangements.
Salisbury Post, 31 Oct 2006