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Levitt, Melvin Doyle 'M. D.'

Levitt, Melvin Doyle 'M. D.'

Male 1927 - 1999  (71 years)


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  • Name Levitt, Melvin Doyle 'M. D.' 
    Birth 12 Nov 1927  Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number LEVI.M007 
    _FGRAVE 101376833 
    Military Service World War II, United States Navy  [4, 5] 
    • Served in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
    		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007

    On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans.

    Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event.

    This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
    		United States Navy
    World War II Honoree, Levitt, Melvin Doyle (1927-1999)    		 World War II Honoree, Levitt, Melvin Doyle (1927-1999)
    		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
    		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)

    In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
    		United States Navy
    		World War II
    (1939-1945)
    Death 15 Feb 1999  Hudson, Pasco County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • A graveside service for Melvin "Doyle" Levitt will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the Dillman Cemetery, west of Sailor Springs, IL.

      Military honors will be presented at the conclusion of the service.
    Headstone, Levitt, Melvin Doyle and Helen Viola    		 Headstone, Levitt, Melvin Doyle and Helen Viola
    Person ID I33721  Carl Wayne Gray Research
    Last Modified 23 May 2023 

    Father Levitt, Eldridge 'E. J.',   b. 19 Nov 1897, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1992 (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Fischer, Cecilia Elizabeth,   b. 3 Sep 1897, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1980, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage Y  [2, 3, 7] 
    Family ID F13849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hale, Helen Viola,   b. 22 Sep 1931, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 2012, Hudson, Pasco County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage Y  [4, 8] 
    Children 
    +1. Levitt, C.
     2. Levitt, B.
    +3. Levitt, C.
    +4. Levitt, Joel Nelson,   b. 1 Aug 1950, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 2016, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    >5. Levitt, Noel Thomas 'Tom',   b. 23 Jan 1953, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 2020, St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F926  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Nov 1927 - Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Feb 1999 - Hudson, Pasco County, Florida Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Documents At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  • Notes 
    • Melvin Doyle Levitt of Hudson, FL formerly of Sailor Springs, IL went to be with the Lord on February 15, 1999 at his home in Hudson.

      Doyle was born November 12, 1927 in Sailor Springs, IL the only son of Eldridge Jennings (E.J.) and Cecilia (Fischer) Levitt of Sailor Springs.

      Doyle's parents and only sister, Marcella L. (Levitt) Hockman predeceased him.

      He was a prominent farmer on Levitt Prairie, east of Sailor Springs. The Levitt family were the first settlers in Pixley Township, Clay County, IL in the 1820's.

      He was a member of the Sailor Springs Christian Church and Sailor Springs American Legion Post #230. Doyle helped in the construction of the Sailor Springs American Legion and the worship service sign at the Sailor Springs Christian Church.

      He enjoyed playing music on the guitar at the Sailor Springs American Legion with many friends and family. He and his wife Helen moved to Florida in 1969.

      Doyle owned a construction crane business and a mobile home park in Hudson, FL. In Florida, he was a member of the First Christian Church of Bayonet Point, Port Richey, FL and Florida VFW Post 10303.

      He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific War Theater during World War II. He worked on a Navy rescue boat that rescued men and women whose planes were downed in the ocean on their flights from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii. He was later a Patrol Boat (P.T.) mechanic on Johnson Island west of Hawaii at the end of World War II.

      Doyle was a member of the P.T. Boat Association and enjoyed talking about this aspect of being in the Navy.

      Doyle's survivors are his beloved wife Helen Viola (Hale) Levitt (until 2012) and five children: Cheryl (Wesley) (Levitt) Miller; Joel Nelson Levitt; Noel (Diane) "Thomas" Levitt; Cecile (Levitt) Reppert; and Burcham Levitt. The grandchildren are Lisa (Rhett) (Miller) Kermicle, Sean Miller, Joellen Levitt, Joshua Levitt, Abraham Reppert, Daniel Reppert, John Reppert, Adam Reppert, Matthew Reppert and one great-grandchild Katlyn Kermicle. Also surviving is a nephew, John D. (Marla) Hockman of Olney, IL and twenty-five additional nieces and nephews.

      Doyle was deeply loved and will be forever remembered by his family and friends in Illinois, Tennessee, and Florida.

      A graveside service for Melvin "Doyle" Levitt will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the Dillman Cemetery, west of Sailor Springs, IL.

      Military honors will be presented at the conclusion of the service.

      The family requests, in lieu of flowers, to please make donations to the American Legion, 55 W. Third Ave., Denver, CO 80223.

  • Sources 
    1. [S10448] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Levitt, Melvin Doyle, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101376833/melvin-doyle-levitt) (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S2159] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Sailor Springs, Illinois, (District 13-17) (Pixley Township), image 02, page 1a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00303?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S4343] Ancestry.com, 1930 Census, Sailor Springs (Village)(East Part), Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 2a, (https://www.ancestry.com), none. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S15555] Findagrave.com, Obituary, Levitt, Melvin Doyle, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101376833/melvin-doyle-levitt), none. (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S10081] World War II Honoree, Melvin Doyle Levitt, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=547097) (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S10449] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Levitt, Melvin Doyle and Helen Viola, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101376833) (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S14658] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Levitt, Cecilia E. and Eldridge J., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18562246/eldridge-j.-levitt), none. (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S10452] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Levitt, Joel Nelson, 65, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158230965/joel-nelson-levitt), none.


 

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