Obituary courtesy DignityMemorial.com

ARNOLD, MD. — Claudia Robbins Haneberg, age 76, of East Lyme, Conn., and Arnold passed away peacefully on February 4, 2024, at home in Arnold surrounded by her family. Claudia was born on April 7, 1947, to Arthur and Mary Robbins and grew up in Niantic, Conn.

She attended New London High School and then went on to graduate from Syracuse University in 1969. She later attended NYU for graduate school.

Claudia met her future husband Olav (Bob) Haneberg through mutual friends in high school. They started dating when Bob went to the US Coast Guard Academy, and they fell in love. Claudia and Bob were married at the Coast Guard Academy Chapel on August 9, 1969, after she graduated from college.

Claudia and Bob lived in several places as Bob pursued his Coast Guard career including New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine, Michigan and Maryland. After Bob’s retirement from the Coast Guard, they settled in East Lyme.

At the beginning of her career, Claudia worked as a Home Economics teacher in Freeport, N.Y. One of her greatest joys was staying home for a number of years to raise her two children, Eric and Kristin. When she returned to the workforce, she worked her way up to become the Vice President of Administration at R.J. Moore & Associates in Annapolis, Md. Claudia and Bob also worked as antique dealers for 53 years, making it their full-time business in 2002.

Claudia led a busy and active life enjoying travel, friends, her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed the fiber arts, including knitting, spinning and weaving, as the wardrobes of her family and friends can attest. She loved the water and was never far away from the beach, boats and her children and grandchildren. She loved the beaches and boardwalk of Niantic, fishing and boating on Long Island Sound, eating lobster at Abbotts and cruising on the Chesapeake.

Claudia is survived by her husband of 54 years Bob, her son Eric Haneberg, her daughter-in-law Maren Haneberg and her daughter Kristin Haneberg Goldstein, her husband Daniel Goldstein and her four grandsons Aidan Goldstein, Hunter Goldstein, Robert Haneberg and Arthur Haneberg. She is also survived by her sister Patricia Robbins and brother Arthur Robbins, plus numerous nieces and nephews and extended family.

Interment will be at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Hospice of the Chesapeake.