Barbara "Bobbie" Ruth Levine

Barbara Levine, known as Bobbie to her friends and family, passed away peacefully in her home of natural causes. She was surrounded by her loved ones. Beloved wife of Myron Levine, her partner of 62 years, who predeceased her in 2012, cherished mother of Peter Levine (Marion Day, and Sura Levine, and proud grandmother of Evan Levine. She was the youngest of ten siblings born of Jacob and Anna Kohn of Kokomo, IN, and twin of Mary Cohen (Harold L. Cohen). She was much loved by her siblings, cousins, nieces, and nephews, and by her wonderful circle of friends who live near and far. Bobbie’s most sustaining work was as the community education coordinator at the University of Michigan Museum of Art where she started as a docent in 1974. She continued her work in the arts following her retirement in 1996 and was on the exhibition committees of the Jewish Community Center of Ann Arbor and at the Turner Senior Resource Center. The family wishes to express its deepest thanks to the staff at Home Instead, especially her extraordinary team of Bobbie Sitters: Anita, Deb, Lana, Donna, Brendan, Arash, Laila, Liesel, David, and Soheyla, and to her nurses at Arbor Hospice, whose extended and gentle care made it possible for Bobbie to remain in the light-filled, bird, squirrel, and deer-visited home that held so many happy memories for her. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make a donation in Bobbie’s memory to the Docent Program at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, or to the Myron Levine Memorial Fund, in care of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan, or to the charity of your choice. A memorial service will take place at Beth Israel Congregation on Sunday, March 11th at 3:30. The Shiva will be private.