Betty Winter LeVoy

Betty Winter LeVoy, 82, died peacefully on Friday, July 21, 2017 in Denver. Betty Winter was born in New York City to Dr. Leonard and Zada Winter. She graduated from Great Neck High School, and then Wellesley College. She married Jim LeVoy in 1956 and moved with him to Oklahoma City, where they soon had a daughter; her only child. A gregarious young New Yorker, Betty made the transition to Oklahoma by surrounding herself with smart, vibrant friends and soon came to see Oklahoma as home. When she and Jim divorced in the ‘60s, Betty forged a successful professional career years before it was common for women to do so. She received her Masters in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma, and ultimately was the Director of Social Work at Saint Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City for 21 years, until she moved to Denver to become the Director of Social Work at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center (and to be closer to her grandchildren). Betty’s joyful and compassionate relationships with others were her most important possessions, which she nurtured with caring and humor. She was small but mighty, passed that might and her love for others down to her family, and made each of them believe that no barriers existed that could not be overcome. In addition, she could make a mean Bourbon cake and set a perfect table that would have made Emily Post proud. Betty is survived by her daughter, Kit LeVoy, and Kit’s husband, Harry Chin, of Denver; her grandchildren, Emma Sajsa, Drew Sajsa and A.J. Chin, of Denver; her brother, Michael Winter, of Cincinnati; and her treasured cousins, nephews, niece, and friends. Betty’s family will celebrate her life in a private ceremony. Donations may be made to Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains or the Food Bank of the Rockies. Please share memories of Betty and condolences with her family by signing the guestbook below.