Edith Leverenz Enjoyed Summers on East Chop

Edith Langmuir (Teddy) Leverenz died peacefully on August 24 at Hospice House of Williamsburg, Va. She was 89.

Born July 20, 1917, to Edith Ruggles and Charles Herbert Langmuir, she grew up in Englewood, N.J., where she attended the Dwight School. In the 1930s her parents bought property on the Vineyard, where Teddy learned to sail.

After graduating from Smith College in the class of "Thirty-Nine Forever," Teddy married Humboldt Walter (Lefty) Leverenz and moved to Princeton, N.J., where they raised their four children.

Every August they came to the East Chop home of her mother, Sophie Langmuir, and enjoyed picnics and overnight stays at the family's camp above Stonewall Beach in Chilmark.

In Princeton, Teddy was active in the Smith College Club, the Trinity Episcopal Church altar guild, the Parent-Teachers Association and amateur figure skating.

After Lefty's retirement from RCA, the couple moved to Indies West in Naples, Fla., where they played tennis and watched sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico.

Since Lefty's death in 2003 she had lived at Patriots Colony in Williamsburg, Va. In the course of their 63-year marriage, Teddy and Lefty had traveled throughout the United States, Europe and around the world.

In addition to her husband, Teddy was predeceased by her oldest daughter, Edith Leverenz Stunkel. She is survived by her children David Leverenz of Gainesville, Fla., and Eagles Mere, Pa., Julie Leverenz of Williamsburg, Va., and Ellen Leverenz of Los Gatos, Calif., and Chilmark, as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grand-children.

Memorial donations may be made to Hospice House & Support Care of Williamsburg, 4445 Powhatan Parkway, Williamsburg VA 23188.