Robert Joseph Levin

LEVIN, Robert Joseph Of Wellesley, MA, and Lake Worth, FL, died Tuesday, November 2, 2010, after a long illness. He was 82 years old. The son of Edward and Rose Levin, he was born on March 19, 1928, in Malden, MA, and was raised in Malden and Brookline, MA. He attended the University of Wisconsin, where he met his lovely wife Carrol (Silverman) of Chicago, IL. Upon their graduation from Wisconsin, they were married in June 1948 and moved to Brighton, MA, and then Newton, MA, where they raised their family. He began his professional career working for his family's retail chain of tobacco stores, Charles B. Perkins Tobacco. In 1970, he sold the business to The Stop & Shop Companies and joined Stop & Shop, first as the President of the Perkins Division and then as President of the drugstore division, MediMart Drug Stores, and President of Bradlees Department Stores, and finally as Group Vice President. He retired as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Stop & Shop Companies. He was a member of the Board of Directors of SAY Industries and Sterling Jewelry. He was a founder, with Carrol, and the first President of the University of Wisconsin Greater Boston Alumni Association. As well as his alma mater, he was an active supporter of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Temple Shalom, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Kravis Center, and Norton Art Museum. Mr. Levin leaves behind his beloved wife of 62 years, Carrol; his son Richard J. Levin and his wife Arlene of West Newton; his daughter Cathy Shuman Trivers and her husband Ted Trivers of Wayland; his four grandchildren, Samantha Shuman, Matthew Levin, Rachel Shuman, and Scott Levin; and his sister Charlotte Schlesinger. He was predeceased by his sister Priscilla Brav and her husband Herb Brav, and his sister Charlotte's departed husbands, Milton Schneider and Leonard Schlesinger, and his son-in-law Louis Shuman. Mr. Levin will be remembered for his love and devotion to his family, intellect, appreciation for the arts, and living life to the fullest. He will be dearly missed. Services will be held at Temple Shalom, 175 Temple Street, West Newton, MA 02465 on Friday, November 5 at 11:00AM. Interment will be at the Sharon Memorial Park, 41 Dedham Street, Sharon, MA. Memorial observance will be held at the home of Richard and Arlene Levin on Friday after the interment until 5:00PM, Saturday from 6:30PM to 8:30PM, and Sunday from 1:00PM to 4:00PM. The family requests that any donations be made to Temple Shalom of Newton, the Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33407, or a charityofyourchoice. Levine Chapels, Brookline 617-277-8300