PETER-LEAVY-Obituary

PETER LEAVY

New York, New York

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LEAVY--Peter B. Peter B. Leavy died on April 21, 2024 after 95 glorious years on earth. Cherished father of Jane Leavy, step-father, grandfather, uncle, and brother, Peter relished life and celebrated it with gusto. A respected figure for decades in the textile business, later in life he found...

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I am saddened to hear of Peter´s passing. My husband Chuck Pierce worked at Congress Textiles from the late 1960´s up until it shutdown in 2004. They always stayed in touch & after my husband passed in 2013, Peter & I continued to correspond by email (time stamp was usually about 3am), phone calls & I loved the postcards he would send to me. After I moved to Las Vegas we were making plans for him to visit, he wanted to take me out on the town to all the piano bars. Grass didn´t grown...

Remembering Peter Now is the time for soft landings. From the exciting cabaret clubs of NYC to stamina-increasing midnight swims beneath a California winter moon, He loved it all, Including feeding squirrels and wild birds, Industrial drums of black coffee upon waking at 1:00 pm, checking the market and emails, lockdown meticulous score-keeping Scrabble tournaments, and asking, "What´s for dinner?" while eating a minuscule blueberry muffin for "breakfast" at 2:00. Peter...