Obituary of Marina Levine

Marina Levine, beloved wife of Ralph Levine, passed away on May 8, 2026.

Marina was born in Novara, Italy, on May 5th, 1936. When she was only four years old, her family escaped to Argentina during the war. At age 18, she came to the United States to attend college and met the love of her life, Ralph, at University of California, Berkeley. After college, they settled in Michigan, where she began her 30-year career as a trilingual school psychologist. Upon retiring, she opened her own substance abuse counseling practice and spent the next 10 years doing what she loved most — helping others.

Marina loved swimming and even competed alongside her husband in the Masters Swimming program, earning many medals and ribbons. She also loved traveling the world and frequently visited Italy, Argentina, and Venezuela. Her adventures included an African safari, an Alaskan cruise, and a trip to Machu Picchu in Peru.

A true dog lover at heart, Marina adored all of her dogs, who were lucky to be loved by her. She enjoyed taking them on walks around the neighborhood and to Red Cedar in East Lansing.

She also enjoyed espresso from Starbucks, Jamoca Almond Fudge ice cream, hot chocolate, Baci, torrone, and nocciola gelato.

Ralph and Marina enjoyed 67 years of marriage.

Loving mother of Miriam (John) Osowski, Daniel Levine, and former daughter in law Stacy Levine; Devoted grandmother of Taylor and Jeremy Osowski; Allison (Jared) Southwell; Alexia and Sebastian Higginbotham; Shyanne (Nick) Aguinaga; and Orion Levine; Proud great-grandmother of Lily JoMarie Mayle and Lilah Mae Southwell; Sister-in-law of Terri Tedeschi; Cousin of Devorah, David, Alexander, Geoff, Corinna, Krister, Izzy, Sandra Justin, Silvia Schmoller, Lucia, Bianca, Guido, Carmen Minerbi, and Emanuela Tedeschi, and their families; Best friend of Barbara Mason and family, Marta Singler and family, and Aloka and family.

Marina was preceded in death by her parents, Eduardo Tedeschi and Paola Minerbi; her siblings, Anna-Maria (Wolfe) Schmoller and Henry Tedeschi; and her beloved cousins Renata and Sven Treitel and their children, Nadine and Michael.

Graveside service Tuesday, May 12, at 9:45 a.m. at Emanuel Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Marina’s name to UNICEF or Special Olympics Colorado.