Joyce Levenson Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Joyce Levenson (Minneapolis, Minnesota), who passed away on April 19, 2021, at the age of 96, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Joyce Levenson to show support.
She was predeceased by: her husband Sherman; her son Jeffrey Levenson; her mother Marian Ribnick; her parents-in-law, Sam and Lena Levenson; her brother Arnold Ribnick (Jan); her nephew Greg Segal; and her sisters-in-law, Selma Segal (Nate) and Beti Kreiman (Melvin).
She is survived by: her daughters, Nancy Gordon (Steve) and Wendy Simenson (Steve); her daughter-in-law Jane Levenson; her grandchildren, Jonah Levenson (Christie), Jasha Levenson (Amelia), Lindsey Rose (Jason), Jenna Budda (Jeremy), Jorel Levenson, Forrest Simenson (Karolina), Sam Gordon, Ariana and Alice; her great grandchildren, Taviah, Sophie, Cheyenne, Shaniqua, Ari, Peyton, Spencer, Dylan, Jeffrey, Ruby, Marcus, Ryan, Robert, Johannes, Elliot and Eliana; her friend Jack Shapiro; and her close friends, Manny Katz and Louis Tessler.
Over the last few years, Joyce's close friend and duplicate bridge partner, Louis Tessler, helped her keep up her lifelong hobby, even teaching her to play online during the pandemic, and Judi Gallop helped her get to appointments and they shared tasty lunches together.
In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to JFCS Minneapolis, especially to Jacob Garber Transportation Services and the Annual Conference on Mental Health, Temple Israel in Duluth, Knollwood Place and the Herzl Camp Jeffrey Levenson and Gregory Segal Family Scholarship Fund.
