OBITUARY | Margery “Midge” Rabow

Margery “Midge” Rabow, 90, of Sarasota, died March 2.

Born Aug. 13, 1925, in Buffalo, N.Y., she graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in early childhood education and was president of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority.

She married Donald Becker in 1948, and they had three children together. While raising her family, she was an original founder and director of a preschool program at Temple Beth Ann, in Buffalo.

Mrs. Rabow was an avid reader of serious literature, a knowledgeable lover of classical music, a respected student of culinary arts and an active volunteer in her community. She loved sailing, both on Lake Ontario and in the Bahamas, where she and her husband cruised each winter for 19 years after retiring to Florida before the onset of her illness. She had a wide and loving group of dear friends from Buffalo, Sarasota and the Bahamas and often said, “In order to have good friends, you first must be a good friend.” 

She was preceded in death by her former husband, Donald Becker; parents, Sara and Raymond Ehrenreich; and brother, Donald Ehrenreich. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Julian “Jay” Rabow, of Sarasota; son, Stephen Becker, and his wife, Dennyse Stanford, of northern California; daughters, Barbara Becker and Laurie Becker, of northern California; stepsons, Stephen Rabow, of Sarasota, and Andrew Rabow, of Middletown, N.Y.; five grandchildren; her brother, Arthur Ehrenreich, and his wife, Terri, of Phoenix; sister-in-law, Rivona; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other extended family members.

A private ceremony will be held at a later date.