Milicent Phoebe Finch

Passed away on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. Milicent was the loving mother of her children, Daniel Levy, Tammy Levy, and Jonathan Levy, mother-in-law of Rhonda Bohn, Scott Bushway, and Joanna Levy, and loving grandmother of Brandon Bushway, Alex Levy, Justin Bushway, and Jesse Levy. Milicent was predeceased by her second husband, Lazaro (“Larry”) Kleiman, and is survived by her first husband, Avigdor Levy. Born September 28, 1939, Milicent grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. She attended Brookline schools and graduated from the Cambridge Academy in Weston, which she attended her senior year of high school. While in Brookline High School, Milicent proudly served as a baton twirling majorette. She traveled to Israel after graduating high school where she met her first husband, Avigdor Levy. Milicent studied Judaica at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In addition to living in Israel for several years, Milicent also lived in West Roxbury and later in Needham, Massachusetts before moving to Florida and ultimately settling into her home in Lake Worth, Florida. Milicent was very artistic. She loved to draw and create three-dimensional artwork. Milicent was proudest of her children and grandchildren. She took a lot of pride in her home in Lake Worth, Florida which was meticulously decorated with beautiful pieces she collected and inherited as well as many pieces of her artwork and doll collections. When she was younger, in addition to her raising her children, Milicent had part time jobs selling jewelry, working as a travel agent, and Hebrew school teacher at Temple Beth Shalom in Needham. She had a wonderful sense of humor and unconditional love for her children and grandchildren which will be dearly missed. Milicent is also survived by her brother, Albert Finch, her sister, Arline Babchick, many cousins and nieces and nephews, which she adored, as well as wonderful life-long friends. Services are private.