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Levitt, William (Bill), LT.
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Contact Info
Home Town Brooklyn, NY
Last Address Services were held at Riverside Memorial Chapels on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Mr. Levitt was buried in the Mount Ararat Cemetery, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY.
Date of Passing Jan 28, 1994
Wall/Plot Coordinates Mount Ararat Cemetery, Farmingdale, Long Island
Born Feb. 11, 1907, in Brooklyn, William Jaird Levitt, "Bill", attended Public School 44 and Boys High School. He studied for a time at New York University before becoming president of the construction company founded in 1929 by his father, a real estate lawyer. His building career was interrupted by World War II.
Mr. Levitt was drafted into the Navy Seabees during World War II at age 35 and was commissioned a lieutenant. Stationed at first in Hawaii, he was the manager of a 260 man U.S. Navy Construction Unit, and then in the states, Mr. Levitt worked on finding ways to construct buildings rapidly. Here, the seeds were planted for mass-produced residential construction, which he named "LEVITTOWN".
In recent interviews, relatives said Levill opposed what he called "institutionalized religion." But his relatives and contemporaries say it is ludicrous to brand Levitt an anti-Semite. They point out how Levitt made large contributions to Israel starting in 1947, when he handed a $1 million check to future Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek, as a loan for weapons. Throughout his life, Levitt gave millions of dollars more to Jewish charities.
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Since 1897, Riverside Memorial Chapel, the largest source of Jewish funeral professionals in the New York City area, has also been the largest resource for thousands of Jewish families demanding only the best in Jewish funeral service.
On February 1st, 1994, services were held at Riverside Memorial Chapels on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Mr. Levitt was buried in the Mount AraratCemetery, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY.
