Richard J

Greenburg

Richard J. Greenburg died Tuesday July 19, 2011 in Hospice of Northwest Ohio Toledo at the age of 81. He was born March 27, 1930 in Long Beach, Long Island, New York to Irving and Lillian Greenburg.
Richard grew up in Hazlet, New Jersey and entered the Navy in 1947 serving in Hawaii, Ceylon, China and Saudi Arabia. Upon discharge from the Navy in 1950, he enrolled at Rutgers University and earned an undergraduate degree in Science in 1954.
After college, he worked for the Miami – Dade County Public School System. He worked 2 yrs as a classroom teacher and then 6 yrs. as a television science teacher with WTHS – TV, the public television station in Miami. He also hosted TV programs for the Miami Audubon Society.
He worked various administrative positions with the school system and received a Master of Science Education from the University of Miami. He eventually became school principal and retired from that position in 1986.
While in Miami, he acquired a private pilot's license. He loved to fly airplanes and was an avid deep sea fisherman in the waters around Miami and the Caribbean. Richard loved to travel with his family, vacationing in many parts of the United States and Europe.
He moved to his wife's family home in Toledo after retiring in 1986. Richard built and flew model airplanes and was a member of the Weak Signals Radio Control Club.
Mr. Greenburg is survived by his wife Diana Ewing Greenburg; son Richard, Jr. (Andrea); brother William (Lois); and grandchildren Joshua and Sydney.
He loved life, he loved his life and the people in it and he is dearly loved.