Sara Bolgla Breibart

Sara Bolgla Breibart of Charleston, widow of Solomon (Sol) Breibart, died on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at the age of 98. Friends and relatives are invited to a remembrance service at Bishop Gadsden starting at two o'clock on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, with a reception to follow until four o'clock. A private burial will be held at the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Coming Street Cemetery. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. Downtown Chapel.

Born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland, on July 15, 1920, Sara was the daughter of Morris and Julia Bolgla. She grew up in Augusta, GA, graduated from Augusta Junior College and the University of Georgia, and lived in Charleston since 1942, when she and Sol were married. A member of the congregation of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim for most of her adult life, Sara was also an avid and life-long Democrat whose politics ranked with her Judaism as core values in her life. She worked until the age of 92, and was a spitfire who made her presence known on her jobs, most notably the Clerk of Council for the Charleston County Council where she worked for 15 years and the Program Coordinator at the Charleston County Library where she worked for 32 years starting in 1980.

Loyal to and loved by family and friends of multiple generations, she was the mother of Carol Breibart of Denver, CO and Mark Breibart (Sheryl White) of Boston, MA, and the doting grandmother of Becka Simons (Stephan) of Missoula, MT and Emma Breibart-White of Chicago, IL.

Sara was preceded in death by her brothers Hillel Bolgla of Chicago, IL and Benjamin Bolgla of Augusta, GA.

The family would particularly like to recognize and thank the many devoted friends and extended family who supported Sara after Sol's death. We would also like to express our appreciation for the dedicated and compassionate staff at the Bishop Gadsden Retirement Community on James Island where she lived after leaving her cherished home on Confederate Circle in South Windermere six years ago.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Planned Parenthood (www.plannedparenthood.org) or the Southern Jewish Historical Society (www.jewishsouth.org).