Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Services for Sun publisher open to the public

Barbara Greenspun

Hank and Barbara Greenspun are shown in this undated photo. Barbara, the matriarch of the Greenspun family, died Tuesday at the age of 88.

Remembering Barbara Greenspun

Barbara Greenspun, matriarch of the Greenspun family, died Tuesday. Her son and editor of the Las Vegas Sun, Brian Greenspun remembers his mother and her legacy of contributions to the Las Vegas Valley.

Services for Barbara Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, will be at 3 p.m. today at Congregation Ner Tamid, 55 N. Valle Verde Drive in Henderson. The synagogue is on the northwest corner of Valle Verde Drive and Interstate 215. The services are open to the public.

Barbara and her husband, Hank, moved to Las Vegas in 1946. In the decades that followed, they played major roles in transforming the fledgling, desolate town into a bustling city known the world over. In addition to being the matriarch of the Greenspun media family, Barbara was active in civic affairs and was a major philanthropist for myriad causes ranging from public education to women’s health.

She died Tuesday at age 88.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Las Vegas Sun Summer Camp Fund or to Nathan Adelson Hospice.