{"id":3295,"date":"2014-04-18T09:43:03","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T13:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2020-01-31T08:07:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T13:07:52","slug":"jack-melvin-levoska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/?p=3295","title":{"rendered":"Jack Melvin Levoska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3296\" src=\"http:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/JackLevoska2008_MG_0295web.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Levoska\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/JackLevoska2008_MG_0295web.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/JackLevoska2008_MG_0295web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/JackLevoska2008_MG_0295web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynchfamilyfuneraldirectors.com\/death_notice.aspx?Operation=preview&amp;noticeid=3015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Melvin Levoska<\/a> was born December 3, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan to Donald and Elma (nee Komula) Levoska and died March 11, 2014 at age 71.<\/p>\n<p>Beloved husband of 37 years to Arlene. Loving father of Thomas (Angie), Bryan, and Jack (Elizabeth) Levoska. Dear brother of Robert (Monica) Levoska. Cousin of Norman (Elaine) Kokko. Brother-in-law of the late Karen Kokko, the late Don Kyser, and the late Darlene Earnhart. Uncle of Kurt, Kris, Karie, and Melissa. Also survived by many extended family members, loving friends, and his grand-cat Warlock (\u201chis Grayness\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Jack was an avid Red Wings fan who was well-known in the local area for his guitar-playing and singing. Jack was very proud of his Finnish heritage and had many connections to the large Finnish community of the Upper Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">He was a former Finn Camp member. Jack was a guitar player and singer in a de facto house band at Finn Camp in the 1990s. Steve Niemi, also in that group known as the Finn Hoppers, recalls Jack and the group playing for such events as Christmas dinners, St. Urho\u2019s, Juhannus, and Finn Fest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Memorial service from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Lynch+%26+Sons+Funeral+Directors\/@42.533564,-83.483653,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x9a80890bd85a8bba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lynch &amp; Sons Funeral Home, 340 North Pontiac Trail (3 blocks south of Maple Road), Walled Lake<\/a> Saturday 3:00 PM. Friends may visit 2:00 PM until time of service. Memorial contributions to the\u00a0Michigan Humane Society\u00a0appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Leave your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynchfamilyfuneraldirectors.com\/condolence.aspx?noticeid=3015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online condolences<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Melvin Levoska was born December 3, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan to Donald and Elma (nee Komula) Levoska and died March 11, 2014 at age 71. Beloved husband of 37 years to Arlene. Loving father of Thomas (Angie), Bryan, and Jack (Elizabeth) Levoska. Dear brother of Robert (Monica) Levoska. Cousin of Norman (Elaine) Kokko. Brother-in-law &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/?p=3295\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jack Melvin Levoska&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-condolences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3295"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202881,"href":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions\/202881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.finncamp.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}