Marion R. (Berkman) Lipson

Marion R. (Berkman) Lipson, age 94, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, at home in Waban with her family by her side. Wife of the late Jerome J. Lipson and the late Irving Louis Weinman. Sister of the late Barbara M. Sherman. Mother of Sally & David Lebwohl of Cambridge, Emily & Richard Lee of Albany, and Martha Lipson of Waban & Chris O’Connell of New Hampshire. Grandmother of Louisa & Michael Lebwohl, Cassandra (Robert Engel III) & Jeremy Lee, and Joshua & Ezekiel O'Connell.

Marion was born on February 25, 1927, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, to Lena & Meyer Berkman. She joined her older sister in Boston, where she graduated from Simmons College, and went on to work in publishing and as a secretary at M.I.T. Before having children, she spent a year in Japan with her husband Lou while he was in the service. She raised her family in Newton, where she lived for 67 years, and spent every summer since 1963 in Stockbridge, where her husband Jerry played viola at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She actively volunteered in the Newton Public Schools, which her children attended, and taught English to new immigrants through One to One.

Marion had a genuine interest in everyone she met. She had a great wit, spoke her mind, and displayed enormous strength throughout her life. She was the matriarch of her family and created community wherever she went.

Services at Temple Shalom of Newton, 175 Temple St., Newton on Thursday, October 28 at 1:00pm. Attendees must be masked and vaccinated.

Burial will be private.

Remembrances may be made to Doctors without Borders, www.doctorswithoutborders.org or The Boston Symphony Orchestra, www.bso.org/donate