Irene J. Levin
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LEVIN, Irene J. (92) Succumbed to the COVID lockdown on July 30, 2020. Irene was born Josepha Weil in Duchov CZ on August 28, 1927 to Kamil and Irena Weil. Her father, Kamil, died shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Sudetenland (CZ) in 1938. When Irene came to the United States in 1947, she adopted the name of her beloved mother, who perished at Bergen-Belsen. Irene married Joseph Levin in 1949, living in Hammond, IN for forty years. The Levin's retired to Oldsmar, FL in 1989, where Irene was an active Hadassah Life Member and one of the contributors to the 1997 creation of the Tampa Bay Holocaust Museum and Education Center in St. Petersburg, FL. Shortly after Joseph's passing in 2017, Irene relocated to Mason, OH, to live near her daughter's family. Survived by her children, Jack K. Levin of Northbrook, IL, Susan & Michael Stein of Highland Park, IL, and Ruth & George Barnett of Maineville, OH; grandchildren Ira and Ronald (Rebecca) Barnett, Harrison, Emily, and Zachary Stein; great-grandsons Maxwell and Joshua Barnett. No funeral was held. Memorial Donation may be made to the Holocaust & Humanity Center, 1301 Western Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 45203.