Maud Ruth Levy

1909 - 2007  (98 years)

• Name	Maud Ruth Levy
  Born	22 Apr 1909	London, England
  Gender	Female
  Biography	Long links with city life Maud Rosenthal, who died on December 18, was the mother of television presenter Jim Rosenthal and had long connections with Oxford. Widow of Albi Rosenthal, she passed away peacefully at her home in Boars Hill, four months short of her 99th birthday. Her late father was the scholar Dr Oscar Levy, who edited the first complete English edition of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's works. Mrs Rosenthal and her husband relocated to Oxford with their antiquarian book-selling business, A Rosenthal - which still exists - to Oxford from London following the Blitz, eventually moving to Half Acre, in Boars Hill. While Mr Rosenthal divided his time between Oxford and London, Mrs Rosenthal focused on local interests, helping with fundraising activities at Magdalen College School, where Jim excelled on the sports field, helped with the growth and publicising of the Oxford Subscription Concerts and for the Oxford University Orchestra, of which her husband was a member. Mrs Rosenthal also served on the committee of the Churchill Memorial Concerts, held annually at Blenheim Palace, and also found time to support local Liberal Party activities. From the 1970s, Mrs Rosenthal's greatest wish was that the inhabitants of Boars Hill should get to know each other better. She co-founded the Boars Hill Association, which still thrives, and hosted numerous cultural events at the family home and, as secretary, oversaw the production of most of the association's newsletters. She presided over the last lecture at Half Acre, on Handel's London, on November 25. Having served on the residents' committee from its inception, she was latterly elected an honorary member. Mrs Rosenthal also had a long involvement with the Oxford Preservation Trust, going back over 25 years, which led to her appointment as patron of the Boars Hill committee in May 2006. Since her husband's death in August 2004, Mrs Rosenthal continued to travel to the Continent regularly, particularly to the South of France and Switzerland. She is survived by three of her four children. 5:33pm Wednesday 2nd January 2008 By Chris Kearney  [1]
  Hebrew Birth	1 Iya 5669
  Hebrew Death	9 Tev 5768
  Residence	London, England
  Residence	Oxford, England
  Died	18 Dec 2007	Oxford, England
  Person ID	I1031	Blank Family
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2010

  
  

  Father	Dr. Oscar Ludwig Levy,   b. 23 Mar 1867, Stargard, Pomerania, Prussia ,   d. 13 Aug 1946, Oxford, England  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Frieda Brauer,   b. 1882, Hannover, Germany ,   d. 1960, Wiesbaden, Germany  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Yes - date unknown
  Family ID	F556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Albi (Albrecht) Rosenthal,   b. 5 Oct 1914, Munich, Germany ,   d. 3 Aug 2004, Oxford, England  (Age 89 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1941	England
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Michael Rosenthal,   b. 16 Mar 1949, Oxford, England ,   d. 16 Oct 1976, Oxford, England  (Age 27 years)   4. Living
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Apr 1909 - London, England Married - 21 Feb 1941 - England Residence - - London, England Residence - - Oxford, England Died - 18 Dec 2007 - Oxford, England  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S282] Obituary by, Oxford Mail, January 2 2008.