Jack Levine never met a stranger
Bianca Prieto, Rocky Mountain News
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
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Jack Levine was a man who knew no strangers.
At dinners and nights out with his wife, Carol, he'd often run into several people he knew.
"He just knew an amazing amount of people," said Carol Levine, his wife of 48 years. "He knew everyone from the woman behind the counter at Boston Market" to professionals all over Denver.
Mr. Levine, of Denver, died on Dec. 24 of a heart attack, his wife said. He was 74.
He was a well-known Denver attorney who focused his work on estate planning. His business, Jack Levine Professional Corp., is located in the Denver Tech Center.
Born on Sept. 9, 1931, in East Haddam, Conn., he was the youngest of seven boys. He attended Colgate University as an undergraduate before serving in the U.S. Air Force in Colorado in 1954 and 1955.
He returned to Boston University for law school.
Mr. Levine and his wife-to-be met while he was studying law, and they married in 1957.
"You make a lot of adjustments in the early years, and it gets easier," Carol Levine said of the secret to her near half-century marriage.
The couple moved to Colorado the same year they wed.
"We had no jobs, no place to live," Carol Levine recalled. "At his first job he worked for $400 a month."
Over the years, Mr. Levine held numerous positions in local government and advisory boards.
He was an avid runner and bicyclist for a number of years. Mr. Levine was appointed by former Colorado Gov. Roy Romer as chairman of the governor's Bicycle Advisory Board, which promoted the "Share the Road" signage throughout the state.
In 2004, Mr. Levine was voted one of three finalists for the Denver Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" award in trust/estate law.
Mr. Levine is survived by his wife; daughters Debra and husband Tim Curry, of California, and Nancy Levine; son Richard Levine and wife Lisa Cholnoky, of New York; grandchildren Rachel, Adam and Alexander; and brother Bernard and wife Lil Levine, of Connecticut.
Services are scheduled for this morning at 10:30 a.m. at Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape St., in Denver.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to the Brent Eley Foundation, 1129 E. 17th Ave., Denver, CO 80218, or www.brentsplace.org.
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