Howard Levenson

Howard Levenson, of Boca Raton, Florida and previously Columbia, MD, passed away on July 2, 2024 at the age of 77. He is survived by his wife of more than 51 years, Ellen; his loving son Bryan (Lauren); his devoted sister Fran (I. William) Chase; niece Carrie (Joshua Zukerberg); nephews Matt (Kathleen) and Adam (Mandy) Chase; and grand dogs Beau and Maxx. He also survived by many extended family members and friends. He was predeceased by his parents Geraldine and Leonard Levenson; grandparents Anna and Myer Levenson and Mary and Charles Ford; in laws Shirley and Bernard Scherr.

Howard spent his entire professional career serving the citizens of Maryland as a tax assessor for the State of Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation in both the Prince George's and Howard County offices. He would rise to the rank of Supervisor of Assessments for Howard County. A post he held for 19 years, followed by 5 years serving on the Property Tax Assessment Appeals Board in Howard County. He would pay it forward by helping to plan educational conferences for more than 20 years for both his fellow assessors in Maryland and also in the Northeastern Region.

A true Baltimore sports fan, Howard went to at least one game of each of the Orioles World Series appearances, as well as many other baseball and football games. He seemed to have a knack for doing well in the office football pools.

Born in June of 1947 to Geraldine and Leonard Levenson, he was a precocious youth. He attended Milford Mill high school and the University of Baltimore where he became an active member of the Alpha Omega Phi fraternity and served on board after board. In the process becoming good friends with his future brother-in-law.

He and Ellen settled in Columbia where they raised their son Bryan.

Services will be held at Sol Levinson's Chapel, 8900 Reisterstown Road Pikesville, MD 21208 on July 7, 2024, at 9:30 AM. Internment at Arlington Chizuk Amuno Cemetery 4300 N Rogers Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in Howard's memory made be made to either Ellen's synagogue, Temple Beth Shalom of Boca Raton, 19140 Lyons Road Boca Raton FL 33434 or Bryan's synagogue Kehilat Shalom 9915 Apple Ridge Road Gaithersburg MD 20886 or to any kidney related charity you see fit.

In mourning at the home of Fran and Billy Chase, 3710 Ashley Way Owings Mills 21117. Services Sunday evening at 7:00 pm , after which, shiva moves to Bryan's synagogue on Zoom for Monday night and Tuesday night at the following link: https://cts.vresp.com/c/KehilatShalom/a8ddc4fb98/e68bc15eb4/66c380eb6e/KehilatShalom/5b4fe8b490/056a448ae3/b276cecdce/pwd=cW9WMzI0OGp0bzdqdmVvTGFzVHRGUT09