Roslynn Greenberg, of Princeton, passed away unexpectedly on December 6, 2025 at the age of 92.
Born in Queens on September 17, 1933, she spent most of her early life in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. She attended the public schools in Brooklyn. She married Joel Greenberg on the 4th of July, after attending Brooklyn College for a year.
The couple then moved to Utica, New York, where Joel was employed as an electrical engineer at Rome Air Development Center, responsible for researching ICBM early warning and missile intercept systems. While in Utica, from 1952-1961, Roz attended the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, where she majored in enamel painting. She became a bridge player, competing in many local and national tournaments. Years later she became a Life Master. She also found the time to raise three children!
In 1961 the family moved to the Princeton area – Lawrenceville, NJ. She became a successful real estate agent while Joel worked at RCA, responsible for new business planning including printing automation and satellite communications. In 1980 they moved to Parkside Drive in Princeton where they built the home they would share for 45 years.
As long as the children were amenable to travel with their parents, the Greenberg family visited many of the National Parks. Roz and Joel also spent a week rafting and shooting the rapids of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
Joel left RCA to work at Princeton University’s Aerospace Dept and participated in many space programs. This led to Roz and Joel attending international space meetings throughout the world (which alternated between communist and non-communist countries) and provided an excuse for a great deal of antique collecting in which Roz’s education at Munson-Williams-Proctor came in handy.
Roz become a teacher of enamels paintings, and she started to collect and raise orchids. She won many awards for her orchids and was a President of the local orchid society. She also taught orchid culture at Princeton’s adult education program.
She is survived by her husband Joel Greenberg, and her children Marian Greenberg, Judith Wright and Robert Greenberg.
Funeral services are Tuesday, December 9 at 12:00pm at Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, 1534 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ. Burial will follow at Fountain Lawn Memorial Park, 545 Eggerts Crossing Road, Ewing, NJ.
Dear Joel and Family,
We were shocked and saddened to learn of Roz’s passing. It’s hard to imagine such a fireball extinguished.
We are glad we got to know her and to enjoy some lively conversations.
Dearest Marion & family-So sorry for your loss. Your mother was quite a lady! Regards from the Rossi family.