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Jeff Lewy Obituary
August 1, 1942 - July 31, 2023
Jeff Lewy passed away July 31st, the day before his 81st birthday. Jeff was the loving partner since 1979 and spouse since 2008 of Ed Eishen. Jeff was the son of the late Richard B and Jane (Loewenthal) Lewy, brother of Dr. Peter Lewy of Highland Park, IL, fond uncle of Patricia (Lewy) Horing of New York City and Porte Lewy of Bend, OR.
Jeff always felt lucky to have a large circle of friends and biological and chosen family members. He worked in the aviation industry for most of his career, and spent his time after retirement at age 53 in philanthropic work, especially in board service, fundraising, and mentoring others to be philanthropic.
Donations may be made to Horizons Foundation or to San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.
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Hartmut Wohlrab
July 8, 2025
So shocked to read about Jeff's passing. We were best of friends at New Trier High School. My family had arrived from Germany in 1956 and it was great to have Jeff as a friend! We both attended Advanced Placement Classes before Jeff went off to Harvard and I to RPI. When I ended up at Stanford I caught up with Jeff a few times in San Francisco but then lost contact until now ... but it is too late to chat with him about old times,
Thank you Jeff for being a great friend!
Hartmut
Hugh Porter
March 7, 2024
I met Jeff in 1973 in San Francisco. He became a fast friend for life. Over the years he would pop up in strange places. A theatre in Minneapolis and a pub in London. I would look up and he would give a little wave. I enjoyed cruising with he and Ed to Hawaii on the Queen Victoria, and to the Western Caribbean on the Caribbean Princess. He was a shining light and is greatly missed.
John schram
September 4, 2023
Remember sept of 1957 last day glencoe beach was open- Jeff- Peter and the rest of the life guard troop swam out past where we were supposed to swim just to upset the lead life guard! My guess 65 years ago
to the date today.
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