Marion Levy January 9, 2025

With a heart full of gratitude and love, we share the passing of Marion Levy who died on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at the age of 95. For the past 8 years she was an active resident at the Orchard Cove Community in Canton. Before moving to Canton, Marion  was a long time resident of Middleboro,  Mass where she also was employed first as a bookkeeper at the old YMCA and later a remedial reading teacher at the School Street School .

Born in Germany in 1929, she was the daughter of Minna ( Hahn) Bergheimer. Marion’s early life was filled with chaos as the Nazis were beginning their persecution of the Jews. She lived with her Mother, Aunt, Uncle and Grandmother in Bergen. Her mother Minna was granted a visa to come to the United States in 1936, but the sponsor would not take a child, so Marion stayed behind with the relatives. Marion was 9 years old in November of 1938 when the Nazi rampage of Kristallnacht began. She remembers hiding behind a chair when the Nazis burst into their home kicking over furniture but doing lit5tle real damage. She said this was because her uncle was in the Bergen Police Force. In 1939, she was finally allowed to leave Germany by herself aboard the SS Hamburg. She had a stranger who accompanied her on the ship to New York. Shortly after she left Germany, her Aunt, Uncle and Grandmother were all shipped to various death camps. Marion was the lucky one.

Marion landed , not on Ellis Island but in another port of call in NYC where her mother was waiting for her. She lived in Foster Care for a while as her mother was working as a governess and a seamstress to try and make a life for both. They settled in Washington Heights with many other German refugees. It was there that after finishing night school , she met, through some friends, her husband, to be, Harry ( Helmut) Levy, a fellow German refugee who lived on a farm in Abington CT. Having never lived in a rural community or on a farm, she decided with Harry’s encouragement to move to Abington and work for a summer at Levy’s Farm Camp. This is what was called a “ Fresh Air” camp for Jewish refugee teens from the Heights run by her future in laws, Siegfried and Rose. She and Harry got married in 1950 and moved next door to the farm where their daughter Carolynn was born.

Within a year, they relocated to a rundown farm in Middleboro Mass where they lived, beautified and ran the farm for many years on Summer Street. It was there that their sons Mark and Michael were born. Marion’s mother Minna also lived with them until she moved “ into town.” Marion was active member of the Cabot Club, and an active congregant of Congregation Agudath Achim in Taunton, Mass. Harry and Marion sold the farm in 1971 and moved to another farm in Raynham that they ran for many years. After Harry retired, they  moved back to Middleboro and enjoyed life on Valley Road.   Marion moved to Oak Point in Middleboro after Harry passed away in 2005. It was there where she loved seeing many of her old students around the campus and it was it was where she met her second love Gerry Miller with whom she spent 15 wonderful years of traveling and enjoying their frequent visits from their many children and grandchildren. Seeking a better quality of life, Marion and Gerry decided to move to Orchard Cove in Canton. Sadly, Gerry became a victim of Covid and passed away after only being there for two years. Marion lived the remainder of her life at Orchard Cove playing rummy, cube, and enjoying lots of “ schmoozing” with her fellow residents.

Marion is survived by her beloved daughter Carolynn Levy & her husband Alan Sharaf and her amazing daughter in law, Gail Levy, the wife of the late Mark Levy. She was predeceased by her two sons, sons Michael and Mark. She leaves an amazing loving legacy of grandchildren, Brett Levy & his wife Nicole, Kyle Sharaf & his wife Emily, Amanda Raymond  & her husband Jeff, Danielle Walsh & her husband  Ben and Abigail Meighan & her husband  Graham. She got tremendous joy in seeing her numerous great grandchildren , Charlotte, Oliver, William, Owen, Ella, Poppy, Savannah, Henry, Jackson, , Mac, and baby Murphy. Recently, Marion sang and celebrated Hanukah with some of her great-grandchildren.

Marion lived an extraordinary life and now rests peacefully with her beloved husband Harry, her sons Michael and Mark, Gerry and her beloved mother Minna.

Marion’s funeral will be held at Schlossberg Family’s Chapel on the Hill, 824 Washington Street, Canton on Sunday, January 12^th at 1:00pm. Following the funeral service, interment will take place at the Mt. Nebo Cemetery, 26 Glebe Street in Taunton. In lieu of flowers, donations in Marion’s memory may be made to Congregation Agudath Achim, 36 Winthrop Street Taunton, MA  02780 , or to the charity of your choice. Shiva will be observed at the home of Carolynn Levy and Alan Sharaf on Monday, January 13, 2025 from 2:00 – 4:00PM and 6:00 – 8:00PM

May her memory be for a blessing.

You were amazing Mom. We will miss your guiding light and humor forever.