Aurelia's son has shared the following obituary about his mother and allowed me to share it with whomever is interested. Devon
Dear Friends, My mother, Aurelia Leffler Loveman, died on the night of August 20, after a several- monthsâ struggle with C. difficile colitis. She was 96. She was born October 31, 1916, in Brooklyn, NY, to Louis and Anna Leffler; graduated from Barnard College in 1937. She married Howard Levi, a mathematician, and subsequently had one son, Jonathan (this writer) in 1948. After she and my father separated, she went back to graduate school and received her PhD in psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, in 1961; she then obtained a diploma in psychoanalysis from the William Alanson White Institute in New York. She married Joseph Heller Loveman of Baltimore in 1974, but continued her psychoanalytic practice part-time for several years before retiring and moving to Baltimore to be with her husband full-time. After her husbandâs death in 1998, she continued to live in their house until increasing age forced her to move to assisted-living; she continued there for two more years, first in Baltimore, then in West Bloomfield, Michigan. A talented pianist and singer, she studied voice with world-famous Wagnerian baritone Friedrich Schorr in New York, and had a brief career as a radio singer before becoming a mother. However, her great interest later in life was in textile arts, including knitting, weaving, embroidering, and especially, bobbin lace. She was known internationally for the latter, and directed lace exhibits at Baltimoreâs Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art; she edited the Bulletin of IOLI (International Organization of Lace, Inc., formerly International Old Lacers, Inc.) from 1985 to 1987, and was their eagle-eyed proofreader until earlier this year. Finally, she was a devoted member of the Chesapeake Region Lace Guild and continued to host their weekly meetings, continuing even for some time after her move to assisted-living. She was the author of a number of magazine articles on lace, and was actually writing a last book on lace before her final illness sadly terminated her project. In addition to her lace articles, she was the author of a number of psychoanalytic research papers, short stories, and a novel, âThe Good Wifeâ. She leaves her son, Jonathan Levi, and his wife, Karen; four grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Funeral arrangements are private. Jonathan Levi, MD - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
