Marguerite Reulbach, former bookkeeper

Marguerite W. Reulbach of 51 Prospect Street, a homemaker and a retired bookkeeper, died Tuesday, Oct. 3, at her home. She was 78 years old and the wife of the late Raymond J. Reulbach.
Mrs. Reulbach was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 23, 1922, a daughter of the late George and Catherine (Kemper) Schauer.
She attended Brooklyn schools and had worked during the 1940s as a bookkeeper for the Grace Shipping Line of New York. She had been a homemaker most of her life in Garden City Park, Long Island.
After the death of her husband in 1996, Mrs. Reulbach moved to Ridgefield. She was a member of the OWLS and of St. Mary’s Church, and was involved in supporting the work of various Catholic charities.
“She loved plants, gardens, animals, and was a humanist,” said her son, Paul Reulbach of Ridgefield. “She will be missed.”
Besides her Ridgefield son, Mrs. Reulbach is survived by another son, Robert Reulbach of Harbor Green, Long Island; a daughter, Karen LaFerrera of Bellmore, Long Island; and seven grandchildren, including Kathryn and Christopher Reulbach of Ridgefield.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at 10:30 a.m. in St. Mary’s Church.
Burial beside her husband, a World War II Navy veteran, will follow in Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, Long Island.
Friends will be received in the Kane Funeral Home, 41 Catoonah Street, on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8.
Contributions in Mrs. Reulbach’s memory may be made to the Meals on Wheels Program, 25 Gilbert Street, or to the Ridgefield Fire Department Ambulance Fund, 6 Catoonah Street, both of Ridgefield 06877.