Roslyn F. Blumberg's Obituary
Roslyn Blumberg passed away peacefully in Tucson, Arizona on May 5, 2025 (7 Iyar 5785) at the age of 99 with her daughter Elaine Blumberg by her side. She was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents Joseph and Irene Feldman. At the age of one, Roslyn’s family, including her older brother Sidney, moved to Rishon LeZion (First to Zion), Israel where her younger sister Shula was born.
Roslyn completed her teacher training in Israel where she also met and married Eli Blumberg. In 1948, their first child Betty was born in a bomb shelter and four years later their son Alan was born. In 1956, Roslyn emigrated back to the United States with her two children, and Eli followed her the next year. In 1962, their daughter Elaine was born.
Roslyn taught kindergarten and Hebrew School for many years at various synagogues in Tucson, Arizona. Her life was marked by a love for reading, studying, learning, and teaching. She was a longtime book collector and had a personal library of hundreds of books arrayed in several rooms of her home. She was a scholar of Judaism, a proud Jew, and deeply rooted in Jewish tradition and values.
Roslyn loved her family. She loved to bake and care for her fruit trees in the backyard. She was passionate about good nutrition. Roslyn was best defined by her unwavering gratitude.
She is survived by her children Betty, Alan (Nora Frye), and Elaine, grandchildren Joseph and Daniel (Brittanee), and great-granddaughter Nellie. Roslyn is preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Irene, her siblings Sidney and Shula, and her husband of 62 years, Eli.
An intimate, lovely, graveside service with family and friends was conducted by Rabbi Sara Metz at the Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 9:30 am.
The family would like to thank Yanira Figueroa, Maria Salinas, and Jane Sweetser for their loving care provided to Roslyn during the last three years of her life. Roslyn’s memory will live on in the hearts of all that knew her.
When All That’s Left Is Love
By Rabbi Allen S. Maller
When I die
If you need to weep
Cry for someone
Walking the street beside you.
You can love me most by letting
Hands touch hands, and
Souls touch souls.
You can love me most by
Sharing your Simchas (goodness) and
Multiplying your Mitzvot (acts of kindness).
You can love me most by
Letting me live in your eyes
And not on your mind.
And when you say Kaddish for me
Remember what our
Torah teaches,
Love doesn’t die: people do.
So when all that’s left of me is love
Give me away.
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