Leon Levine

Leon Levine, 84 of Colchester CT and West Palm Beach, FL, passed away February 12, 2017.  Born September 15, 1932 to the late Samuel and Gertrude Levine, Leon was a native of Colchester. He graduated from Bacon Academy in 1950 and worked on the family chicken and egg farm.  He married Anita (Schwartz) in 1952 in Brooklyn, NY and recently celebrated their 64th anniversary.  They started their own farm, which soon had 35,000 egg-laying chickens, the largest farm in Colchester.  In 1965, he entered the upholstery business, eventually launching Leon’s Upholstery in New London in 1980, which is still in business today. After playing basketball, baseball, and soccer at Bacon, Leon spent the rest of life perfecting his golf game, including two holes-in-one.  Leon and Anita travelled widely, including South America, Central America, Italy, Israel, Jordan, France, Eastern Europe, England, Spain, Portugal, Hawaii, and China. They were in Tiananmen Square during the 1989 uprising. 
Leon was a member of the Board of Trustees of Congregation Ahavath Achim in Colchester and was Past President, Man of the Year, and Paul Harris Fellow of the Colchester Rotary Club.  In addition to his loving wife Anita, he is survived by his brother Melvin of New York City, three sons: Mark (Sara Imershein) of Washington, DC, Neal (Lorraine) of Punta Gorda, FL, Barry (Tracy Bone) of Bethesda, MD, six grandchildren (Danielle, Mimi, Sam, Joseph, Abigail, and Olivia), and two great grandchildren (Mikayla and Nicholas).  He was predeceased by his brother Herbert.  Funeral services and burial were observed Tuesday, February 14th under the direction of the Aurora-McCarthy Funeral Home of Colchester.  Donations in his memory may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation, 200 SE 1st Street, Suite 800, Miami, FL 33131, Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County, Maryland or Temple Sinai of Washington, DC.