Rochester, NY: February 22, 2019. Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, lover of family has gone to join her companion, lover, husband of seventy-five years, Maurice. Her long and active life had one focus – the struggle for human dignity and social justice – which she pursued to the very end. She was a proud progressive, an activist in civil rights, anti-war, and women’s rights movements. In dozens of organizations with scores of demonstrations, she pointed out the injustice and inequality in our society and attempted to rectify it. She was a warrior for the rights of those who are disenfranchised and marginalized. She once told a minister friend when he was speaking to her about Jesus “We (herself and husband Max) are just secular Jews but we do his work.” That is the essence of Henrietta Levine. She has now completed her journey and is in a place of absolute justice and total equality.
She is survived by her two sons Alan (Patricia) of Oswego, NY and Robert of Naples, Florida; Two grandchildren, Katie (Joel) of San Francisco CA and Cooper of Albany NY and one Great-grandchild, Zoe.
A memorial celebration will be held in the future.