June Rockwell Levy possessed a storehouse of energy, even while enduring serious illnesses over the last twenty years of her life. During her lifetime she touched almost every corner of Rhode Island with her generosity.

She was born June 14, 1886 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her family moved to Bristol, R.I., in 1891. She studied at Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, Conn., Lincoln School in Providence, and a private school in Paris. She took courses at the Rhode Island School of Design and was an accomplished amateur artist, often using her original drawings for Christmas cards.

Although prevented by ill health from obtaining a college degree, Mrs. Levy was cited at the 1959 Brown University Convocation, and received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1967.

A world traveler, Mrs. Levy found time to serve as a Trustee of Lincoln School, Chair of the Providence Art Club's Ladies Board, and President of the Providence Garden Club, the latter honoring her for a half century of membership.

One of her most cherished associations was with the Burrillville-Glocester District Nursing Association and its successor, Northwest Community Health Care, of which she served as President for 51 consecutive terms.

Virtually every Rhode Island hospital, college and university has benefited from gifts from the June Rockwell Levy Foundation, created in her honor by her husband in 1947. Scholarships at the University of Rhode Island and Brandeis were provided through her generosity.

In 1963 she received "The Order of the British Empire" from Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of her contributions and those of her late husband to the welfare and economy of the Bahamas, including the "Levy Medical and Health Center".

Mrs. Levy died on August 8, 1971 at the age of 85. The funeral was private: she was buried alongside her husband beneath a granite stone at the rear of the Assembly, the performing arts center in Harrisville the couple had given to the town.

During a discussion with a Woonsocket Call reporter about her life and charitable work she noted that "My greatest hobby was the same as my husband's—people."