Thursday, June 3, 2010 | 2 a.m.
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.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Las Vegas Sun Summer Camp Fund or to Nathan Adelson Hospice.