Eileen Levy

LEVY, Eileen Sue

Eileen Sue Levy (78) of Sandy Springs, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, December 28, after a lengthy battle with endometrial cancer. She was born on August 15, 1946, in Baltimore, Maryland, where she grew up, the youngest of three children. She was predeceased by her parents, William and Rose Walpert; and her brothers, Fred and Harold Walpert, all of whom spent their lives in Baltimore.

While studying fine art at the University of Maryland, Eileen met Ralph for a blind date at a fraternity party weekend at Lehigh University in 1966. At the close of that weekend, Ralph told a fraternity brother that he wanted to marry her. Indeed, they married in 1968 and enjoyed over 56 years together. She is survived by Ralph; and their children, Evan (Temi) Levy of Atlanta and Michael (Nichola Jackman) Levy of Evanston, Illinois; and grandchildren, Annie and Elisabeth Levy of Atlanta, and Ethan Levy, Ruby Levy, and Adam Levy of Evanston.

Ralph and Eileen moved to Atlanta, in 1974, after Ralph's Navy JAGC service in Jacksonville, Florida. She partnered with her husband actively supporting his career. She became the "first lady" of the King & Spalding law firm during Ralph's tenure as managing partner and she enjoyed a similar role when he chaired the boards of two insurance companies. She was a Lion of Judah of the Atlanta Jewish Federation and served as president of the volunteer board of Atlanta Children's Hospital. Eileen fostered close and mutually devoted friendships. She enjoyed bridge, mahjong, and travel (most of the U.S., including Alaska and many family ski trips to Colorado; Canada; Mexico and Costa Rica; the Caribbean; much of Western Europe; Israel; Australia; and New Zealand). But her primary work and greatest source of pride was devoted motherhood and caring for her family. She will be missed but never forgotten.

A memorial service for Eileen will be held at Temple Sinai in Sandy Springs, at 10:30 AM, on Thursday, January 2. (It can be viewed online at https://vimeo.com/showcase/tslifecycle). The service will be followed by a private interment. For those so inclined, in lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory can be made to the American Cancer Society, Weinstein Hospice, or the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. Dressler's Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.