Eve Leah Voigt

She entered hospice care after a six year struggle with pancreatic cancer. Eve was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on 1 January 1941, in the closest hospital to State College, РА where she lived. She resided in State College with her parents, Dr. Hans and Meta Neuberger and brother Damian Neuberger where she attended primary school, State College High School and Penn State University.

Eve's father started her violin lessons at 5 years of age. By age 10 or 11 she was such an accomplished violinist that her father would call upon her to fill in when his violin quartet came up one violin short for rehearsals. In high school she sang in the choir and played in the school orchestra. She also played in a violin quartet with some of her high school classmates. She famously botched an audition for concert mistress because she did not think she could stand the pressure to tuning the orchestra to her violin before each performance. Eve rarely played the violin after graduating from high school. She traveled with her husband to two class reunions in State College, but as travel became more of a chore than a pleasure for her she kept touch though the State College High School newsletter edited by a fellow classmate and choir member Robert Vereck. She enjoyed these visits and newsletters very much. Eve graduated from Penn State University Magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Upon graduation, Eve married her high school and college classmate Timothy Hewes. They spent several years in Miami where she worked for the Miami Museum of Art cataloging art works for the museum, arranging some art exhibits and museum to museum art transfers. They then moved to Baton Rouge in 1964 where at LSU Tim taught art. Eve entered LSU graduate school in Psychology with a view to earning a PhD. Following her divorce in 1966, Eve moved to New York for a year while she decided what

she wanted to do with her life. She worked for the NYC Department of Welfare as a case worker for drug addicted recipients. At night, she worked as a legal transcription typist averaging an incredible 90 words a minute without error. She moved back to Baton Rouge in 1968 to continue with her studies for a PhD in psychology at LSU. She received her Masters Degree in Psychology but later withdrew from the PhD program in 1970 before completing her dissertation. During the course of her studies and working, she met her future husband Adolph E. Voigt,III, also attending the LSU School of Social Work. They met while they worked on the same psychology research project for Eve's friend and mentor who preceded them in death, Doctor Fred Tuton. As a result of that first meeting with Doctor Tuton and a subsequent "date" at the Pastime Lounge, they have held an annual celebration of that first "date" with a ham and swiss poboy the Pastime Lounge for the past 53 years. Eve and Adolph married in May, 1970.

Eve was a vociferous reader of all categories of literature, history, historical fiction, biographies, mysteries, autobiographies, and if it was in a book she would read it, at least as long as it kept her interest. Crosswords also filled and important place in her life usually finishing all the crosswords in The Advocate in short order, except the Saturday puzzle which bedeviled her at times. She never hesitated to leave a book unfinished if it did not deserve her time to finish. Eve attended the Unitarian Book Club for many years and presented the group with many interesting discussions of the books she chose. Her love of music, particularly Opera was a strong force in her life, listening to the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast every Saturday during the season. She and her husband attended many Met Live Broadcasts. She introduced him to the beautiful and at times the intricate emotional aspects of the genre. He grew to love opera because of her vast understanding of many of the works. She was taken by her husband to the premier of the latest rendition of La Traviata at the Met for her 65th birthday. Her jury is still out on that production. However, while dining at the Met restaurant the appetizer, cream of mushroom soup was 4 star and was spoken of frequently by her as one of the most memorable cream of mushroom soups she had ever eaten, and Eve would know because she was a 5 star cook. She remembered more about that soup then the opera. She was particularly fond of La Boehme, Madam Butterfly and The Dialogue of the Carmelite.

She is survived by her brother Dr. Damian Neuberger and his wife Judy. Eve's son Adolph IV, his wife Kayla Sliman-Voigt, and two beautiful grandchildren she never expected. Josephine Katherine Voigt, and Murphy Etienne Voigt, and her husband of 53 years. Eve wished to remember and thank her "besties" for their support and encouragement during some of her best and more recently hard times.

Thanks of appreciation and love to Jeannie LeBlanc, Jennifer Felps, Carol Brady, Debra Whitfield, Melanie Borek, Sylvia Smith, Patty Wald and Mary Richgels. Eve was preceded in death by her parents Doctor Hans and Meta Neuberger, and by close friends Pamela Craig and Julia Hightower.

A Celebration of her life will be held at Rabenhorst Funeral Home 825 Government Street on Sunday, 27 July at 2pm. Viewing from 2-3 with Remembrances by friends and relatives to begin at 3:30.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to your favorite church, charity or favorite cause in Eve's name.