In memory of Maurice Levey
Maury Levey passed away Sunday, September 8, 1996.
Obituary
Maurice Levey, a Toledo area attorney, died Sunday, September 8, 1996, in
The Hospice Center of Northwest Ohio. He was 90. A graduate of Ohio Northern
University with a Bachelor of Law, he passed the Ohio Bar exam in 1929. Prior
to his practice in general law which was located on South St., he worked In
his familys business known as The Levey Beverage Company which was located
at Locust and Page Streets. It later moved to Summit St. and became the bottler
for Dads Old Fashioned Root Beer and for the Canada Dry
Bottling Co. He enjoyed entertaining especially with his children his unique
magic card tricks and balloon characters and be came affectionately known
as the Balloon Man. A musician, he played trombone In the Shrine
Band and the former Old Newsboys and American Legion Bands and also was a
clown for the Zenobia Temple of which he was a long time member. He also belonged
to The International Brotherhood of Magicians for over 50 years and was a
member of The Temple Congregation Shomer Emunim. Preceded in death by his
first wife, Eleanor Levey, he is survived by wife, Elaine Levey and nieces
and nephews. Services will be held Tuesday, September 10, 1996, at 11 a.m.
in The Temple Shomer Emunim, Sylvania, Ohio. Interment Historic Woodlawn Cemetery.
Family suggests tributes take the form of contributions to The Termple Shomer
Emunim or Hospice of Northwest Ohio. Arrangements by Robert H. Wick Funeral
Home, 2426 N. Reynolds Rd., 535-5840.