Laurie Rosenberg succumbs to cancer after long battle

LAURIE DUBER ROSENBERG, passed away at her home on January 12, 2021 after an 11-year battle with cancer. She was 68.

A dedicated teacher, she had taught lower and middle school at St. Catherine of Sienna in Metairie and was a member of the faculty of Isidore Newman School. Prior to her arrival in New Orleans, she had begun her teaching career in Little Rock, Arkansas.

A native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, she attended Chatham College in Pittsburgh, where she met her future husband Ricky Rosenberg, who was associated with his father’s furniture store located on Tulane Avenue.

Following her marriage and relocation to the Crescent City, she worked with her husband for several years at Rosenberg Furniture.

Following the closure of the store, she and her husband began developing a one-on-one tutoring company to benefit students. Test Masters was the result, a company formed 15 years ago. It was Laurie’s belief that kindness was the proper path to reach students in need and it served her and her husband in successfully establishing their business.

A former president of Touro Synagogue Sisterhood, Rosenberg was a lifelong member of Hadassah. she was active with the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans and took pride in sharing her Jewish traditions with her family.

She is survived by her husband Ricky; her children, P.J. Rosenberg (Anna) and Frannie Buchtel (Charles); a brother Marc Duber (Nancy) and four grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations in memory of Laurie Rosenberg to the Cancer Care Fund at Touro Infirmary Foundation, 1401 Foucher St. New Orleans, LA 70115.