It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Joy Rebecca Goldenberg, of Stoughton, MA, who died peacefully on July 1, 2025, at 84 years of age.
Joy was born in Winchester, VA, the daughter of the late Jack & Sylvia (Tumbler) Luxenberg.
Joy had a unique zest for life and a passion for her hobbies. Her home was a testament to her love of elephants and clocks, each piece telling a story. Many will remember her by the beautiful blankets she meticulously knitted. After becoming a Bat Mitzvah at Temple Sinai in Sharon, MA in 2010, Joy became an active member of the congregation, serving as Editor and Chief Designer of the Temple’s newsletter, the Shofar, until her death.
Her family is immensely proud that Joy completed her college education in her 40s and then worked for more than 25 years as a CT Technologist in the Radiology Department at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Joy was the loving mother of Michael (Jackie) Goldenberg, Debra (Marc) Page, David (Jeff Knam) Goldenberg, and Jeffrey Goldenberg. She was the cherished grandmother of Caryn Karp, Samantha Alexander, Jared Goldenberg, Rebekah Page, Zachary Page and Daniel Page. Joy was the proud great-grandmother of Itai, Noa, Ava, Riley, Ezra, Trevor and Graham. She was the sister of the late Edwin Luxenberg.
Her funeral service will be held at Temple Sinai, 25 Canton Street, Sharon, MA on Thursday, July 3rd at 1PM. Interment will follow at Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham Street, Sharon. The family will be sitting Shiva at Joy’s late residence on Thursday from 5:00-8:00pm, and at the residence of Debra and Marc Page, on Friday, July 4th, from 11am to 2pm.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Joy’s memory to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, PO Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284 or the World Wildlife Fund, 1130 17th St., Washington, D.C. 20036.
Joy Rebecca Goldenberg Funeral Service
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Theodore Loebenberg says
July 3, 2025 at 10:36 amJeff Deb and Family,
These words were shared with me at a time of loss and I share them forward.
Namaste.
DEATH IS NOTHING
Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak to me in the easy way, which you always used. Put no difference in your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, and pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is an absolute unbroken continuity. What is Death but a negligent accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well .
Written by Henry Scott Holland (27 January 1847 – 17 March 1918) was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford
Remember me with fondness
I love you much. I always loved you much.
The ticket is ended-one must descend from the train.
Biological laws are not negotiated or discussed. So it is….
I had a good ticket in life. I enjoyed it, I lived it whole, I had fun.
I did not have hunger or cold, neither did I have to go to war. Wonderful (life).
I had my wife and my work. Was happy with both.
There aren’t any children more marvelous than mine. They are gentile, good, honest, human, correct and loving, respectful but conscientious, affectionate and caring.
It seems little, but was much. Not that I wouldn’t have liked more, but…..
All my life I lived in paradise. When I went to another place, I always found something pretty, be it the lights, the music, the colors that was stimulating, but coming back, I always got back to paradise. This is my place.
I lived life like a KING— I am going to die like a man.
I had love and had joys, all from you and all of these yours.
Thanks for all my apologies for the bad moments. There was no dissolve. I am not saying goodbye because I do not like fair wells, only GOOD DAYS AND GOOD NIGHTS.
May all be well for you.
Go well with you.