{"id":56799,"date":"2020-09-11T11:42:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T17:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=56799"},"modified":"2020-09-11T16:17:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T22:17:05","slug":"homemaker-roberta-bobbie-yuspeh-dies-at-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/homemaker-roberta-bobbie-yuspeh-dies-at-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemaker Roberta &#8216;Bobbie&#8217; Yuspeh dies at 91"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROBERTA &#8220;BOBBIE&#8221; COOPER YUSPEH, passed away peacefully just days after her 91<sup>st<\/sup> birthday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56812\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/YuspehRobertaPhoto2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56812\" class=\"wp-image-56812 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/YuspehRobertaPhoto2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/YuspehRobertaPhoto2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/YuspehRobertaPhoto2-350x350.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56812\" class=\"wp-image-56812 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/YuspehRobertaPhoto2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/YuspehRobertaPhoto2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/YuspehRobertaPhoto2-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-56812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ROBERTA YUSPEH<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A native of Asheville, North Carolina, she attended Women\u2019s College in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she would listen to live broadcasts emanating&nbsp; from the Blue Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. The allure of the Crescent City drew her to transfer to Newcomb College, where she found she fit right in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, she married and raised a family with the love of her life, Charles &#8220;Charlie&#8221; Yuspeh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bobbie&#8221; was a devoted volunteer for Touro Synagogue Sisterhood and the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW). She was also a buyer for the Touro Infirmary Gift Shop.<\/p>\n<p>She loved New Orleans, especially following the Saints football team. Yuspeh played cards every Thursday with the same group of friends for over 50 years. A family-centered woman, she was always there for her family members and constantly devoted to them.<\/p>\n<p>Predeceased by her husband Charlie, she is survived by her two daughters, Julie Benson (David) and Joel Ashner (Dub), her six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services were private due to COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to Henry S. Jacobs Camp, 3863 Morrison Road, Utica, Mississippi 39175 or <a href=\"https:\/\/jacobscamp.org\/\">https:\/\/jacobscamp.org\/<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tharpsontheimerfh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home of Metairie<\/a> was in charge of arrangements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Homemaker%20Roberta%20%27Bobbie%27%20Yuspeh%20dies%20at%2091\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[8790,8795,8788,10873],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56799"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56814,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56799\/revisions\/56814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}