F.C. Artist Eileen Levy Remembered as Cherished Soul

Stephen, Gary and Janine. Later, she married a storied ophthalmologist, Dr; Chauncey Levy.

In the mid 1990s she moved to F.C. to be near her daughter, an attorney who at the time was married to News-Press owner Nicholas Benton, and who has remained a loyal friend of Benton and the paper.

Levy taught many art classes for the F.C. Department of Recreation and Parks and local entities such as the Creative Cauldron and had many colorful floral entries in local art shows. In declining health in her last years, she was under the care of her faithful daughter Janine and pup, Lili.

Comments posted online from among her many friends in F.C. included the following:

She was so vibrant (Leslie Byrne). What a life and what a legacy! (Ben Finzel) She was such a loving spitfire! (Sally Cole) The world is a smaller place with the passing of Eileen. What a lady! (Gordon Theisz) She always greeted me with, “How is my hand- some man?” and then a nice hug. She was pure sunlight. (Jon Wiant)

She was an incredible person, I could talk with her for hours. (Jody Acosta) She will be missed by many in different worlds. (Shaun VanSteyn) She was so much fun and always up for adventure. I’m filled with great memories that I’ll cherish (and laugh at) forever. (Stacy Hennessey) She was a treasure. (Steven Gregory Smith.)

She had an artist’s soul and appreciated beauty so deeply. (Donna Englander) The joys she gave through her immense and continuous kindness! I will forever be grateful for how she influenced me through her insights and beautiful aura. (Debra Z. Roth) She was a great lady. (Steven A. Rogers) paid for by dominion energy

A celebration of her life will be held this Sunday, Feb. 19, at the F.C. Art Gallery, 700-B W. Broad St., Falls Church, at 5 p.m.

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