Robert Rapaport M.D.

Robert J. Rapaport, M.D.

Dr. Bob died at the age of 91 on 11/10/14 in Walnut Creek, Ca. Dr. Bob was married to Mae Rapaport in June of 1945 (69 years). They resided in Orinda and then Rossmoor since 1975. They raised the two boys in Oakland, and then moved to Orinda as empty nesters. He was a devoted and loving husband and father. He was the medical and "social" advisor to his extended family. Dr. Bob was born on October 6, 1923 in Broadview, IL. He was the son of the late Walter and Sadye Rapaport. Walter Rapaport, M.D. was a prominent Mental Health Administrator and Forensic Psychiatrist.
Dr. Bob attended UC Berkeley then the Georgetown University for Medical School, 1947. Following Medical School he specialized in Pediatrics and was Board Certified. He practiced in Oakland until he retired at the age of 72. He was the Pediatrician for the California School for the Deaf and Blind in Berkeley from 1952 to 1978. He is well known to many Oakland parents and was fortunate to care for the kids of kids he treated in his long and successful career. He was a Board member of Easter Seals and the Oakland Children's Hospital. He was a member of the U.S. Navy and the California National Guard. He earned an Hon. Discharge at the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was very active in the ACCMA serving as Chair of the Child Welfare Committee and a member of the Professional Malpractice Committee for many years. He loved to travel with Mae and their friends.
He is survived by his loving wife Mae Rapaport, Walnut Creek, CA; beloved father of Steven and his wife Linda of Stockton, Ca; Gary and his wife Vicki of Brentwood, Ca; adored grandfather of Joel Rapaport of Davis Ca; Kevin and his wife Olivia of Tracy, Ca; Annie Hunt and her husband Brandon, Georgetown, D.C.; cherished great-grandfather of Elliott Hunt, Georgetown, D.C.; devoted brother of Shirley Donovan and her husband Thomas, Pasadena, Ca and the late Janet Einstoss and her late husband George Einstoss.
Funeral Services and Entombment will be held on Friday, November 14, 2014 at 11:00am from Home of Eternity Cemetery 5000 Piedmont Ave. Oakland, CA 94611. Memorial Contributions in his memory may be directed to Alzheimer's Research or American Heart Association. Arrangements by Sinai Memorial Chapel-Lafayette, CA.