Sabine Grebe

GREBE, Sabine – After a brave and prolonged struggle with breast cancer, Sabine Grebe peacefully succumbed early Sunday morning December 13th, 2009, leaving her husband William E. Conklin of the Windsor Faculty of Law, her mother, Gerda Grebe of Heidelberg, Germany, her brother, Ralf Grebe and wife Sabine Eggmann, two nephews, Alexander and Michael, all of Karlsruhe, Germany, and her sister-in-law and close friend, Annetta Dunnion of Kingsville. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 19th at the WALL-CUSTANCE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL, 206 Norfolk St., Guelph. In lieu of flowers, please direct a contribution to the Foundation of the Guelph General Hospital, 115 Delhi St., Guelph N1E 4J4 and ear-mark the donation for the exclusive use of the Ambulatory Care Unit. A devoted teacher and internationally recognized scholar of Latin literature and Roman history, Sabine was a member of the University of Guelph Symphonic Choir, preceded by membership in the Heidelberg Capella Carolina Choir and the Cambridge University Choir with whom she sang in most of the Cathedrals throughout the UK, including St. Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. In addition to singing and being an accomplished pianist, Sabine sustained a deep and enthused interest in opera, symphonic music, folk dancing, hiking and travel. After teaching in Heidelberg, Cambridge, Colgate and Wayne State Universities, she received tenure after one year in the School of Languages and Literatures at Guelph University. Her formidable article about Ovid’s living death in exile is soon to be published. She leaves us with two important unpublished books concerning The Role of the Foreigner in Roman Literature and Ovid’s Theory of Friendship.