Jun. 1, 1928—Oct. 14, 2012
In Palo Alto, Calif. at age 84 after a long illness. Beloved wife of Dr. Ira Lawrence Karp for 57 years; loving mother of Rabbi R. Reuel Karpov, Ph.D. and Yonah Karp (Harold Bobroff); adoring grandmother of Hannah Ruth Karp Bobroff, Abraham Raphael Karp Bobroff, and Nora Rayna Karp Bobroff; dear sister of the late Shelma Greenberg Angel, of Arcadia, Calif. and the late Frederick Raymond Greenberg, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Laenu Karp was originally from Minneapolis, Minn. She was a lifelong learner, earning a Ph.D. in education and two master’s degrees through her lifetime. Her professorships included stints at Tuskegee Institute and University of Kentucky, and she was also a technical writer of computing documentation through the 1980s. She was also a lover of Judaism, having lived in Israel in the early 1950s, teaching English on a kibbutz and leading choirs at that time. She spoke fluent Hebrew and taught many students both Hebrew and trope. A lifelong musician as well, she was a composer, conductor and played every instrument in the orchestra.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at Eden Memorial Park, Mission Hills, Calif. She is buried near her parents, Esther Bernice Greenberg and Shuey Isadore Greenberg and sister Shelma Greenberg Angel.
Memorial donations to Congregation Kol Emeth, Palo Alto, Calif. preferred. Inquiries and memories to yonahkarp@gmail.com.
Dr. Laenu Adelilah Greenberg Karp
