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Marianne Briner

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My mother, Marianne Briner, was born Marianne Krafsig on September 9th, 1960 in Warsaw, Poland. She was the youngest of four children, and shortly after her birth, her family packed up and moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 1979, she married the love of her life, Lee Briner, at only 19 years of age. She was a stay at home mom of four children, and even though she often had her hands full with the kids, she was always willing to lend a helping hand to our community.
Marianne was always proud of her four children, and the lives they made for themselves. Sarah became a lawyer, Laura is now a mother of two children, John is a chemical engineer, and Leah is currently in college ready to make a future for herself. She would always tell her children “it doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go,” and her children always followed through to try to make the best lives for themselves. …show more content…

During the summer, her favorite thing to do would be to lounge by the pool and read a magazine. She always loved being in the sun, and the pool was a place that she called home. She also enjoyed whistling. She could whistle any song in the world, and she was pretty great at it. She would always joke that she wanted to be a professional whistler. She also cherished Abraham Lincoln, saying that he was the greatest man with his role as the leader in preserving the Union during the Civil War and beginning the process that led to the end of slavery. Also, nothing put a bigger smile on her face then spending time with her children and grandchildren. From the day each of her children were born she would say “I have waited all my life for you,” showing the true importance to

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