JAMES  ADLER  LEVY

1940 – 2023

 

James Adler Levy, 82, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, died at his home there on August 14th after a battle with several ailments.

Known as Jim or Jimmy, he was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1940. His family moved to Yardley in 1944 to a street called Alton Road, and with few gaps in time over the next 78 years, he lived his entire life on that street—first at his parent’s Charles and Elinor Levy’s house with his brother Paul, and then raised his own family at the house his parents built next door to his childhood home.

He was the son of Charles Levy, a businessman in Trenton and an owner S.P. Dunham and Co. department stores, and his mother Elinor, an artist.

His wife of thirty-seven years Rebecca “Becky” Deitz Levy pre-deceased him in 2004. She was his first love and a woman he not only idolized but who he called “the person with the most common sense of anyone he had ever known.”  Becky and Jimmy built a wonderful life together in their community and loved playing golf and traveling together and truly just being together. Becky was his rock and emotional head of what became his own family with his two loving and devoted children, Jonny and Rachel.

Jim attended Newtown Friends School, The Lawrenceville School and graduated from Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire.  He graduated from The University of Pennsylvania in 1963.  He started his career at Sears Roebuck as a young business trainee. He then joined his father at Dunham’s where he worked for many years. He learned how to be a businessman from his father who, along with Jim’s own brother, Paul, were his role models in life. Jim served in the Air National Guard.

At the age of 40, Jim, set forth on a new career as an investment advisor at Smith Barney where he worked for 36 years. He was on the Board of Directors at Greenwood House for the Jewish Aged in Trenton, a Board Member of Har Sinai Temple of Trenton and he served on The Newtown Friends School Board.

Jim was lucky in love not once, but twice. Jim’s daughter Rachel set him up on a blind date with Carol Sole of Michigan and Florida and Carol was Jim’s devoted companion since 2015. Jim and Carol shared much in common—love for travel, the arts and for their own children and grandchildren.

Jim leaves behind a son Jonathan “Jonny” Levy and his wife Jill Nusbaum of Princeton NJ and a daughter Rachel Levy Lesser, and her husband Neil Lesser of Newtown.  Jim was the proud grandfather to three adoring young adults, Joseph “Joey” Lesser, Rebecca Lesser and Max Levy.

Jim is also survived by his brother, The Honorable Paul Levy and his wife Linda Levy of Lawrenceville, NJ,  his sister-in-law, Joanne Hochman of Savannah, GA. and many loving nieces, nephews and grand nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are Wednesday August 16 at 11am at Har Sinai Temple, 2421 Pennington Road, Pennington, New Jersey.

Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery, 1800 Hamilton Ave, Hamilton, New Jersey.

Shiva will be observed at the Lesser residence  in Newtown, PA immediately following the burial, and from 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm on Wednesday, August 16 and on Thursday, August 17 with minyans at 6:30 pm.

The family respectfully requests memorial contributions in his memory be offered to Greenwood House, Har Sinai Temple, Mill Hill Child & Family Development Center, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

Funeral arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel. For condolences and information please visit OrlandsMemorialChapel.com