Burt Levinthal, 57, a coach at Hubbard High School for 29 years, also officiated throughout the Chicago area for more than 30 years.
A resident of the Southwest Side, he died Friday at home after a long illness.
Tribune writer Barry Temkin last August described Mr. Levinthal as
”always a man on the go,” adding: ”Among other things, he has taught biology, coached football and basketball, officiated both sports, worked a variety of summer jobs and done extensive volunteer work for the Park Lawn School and Activity Center in Oak Lawn, a facility for those with
developmental disabilities that his son, Bobby, has attended.”
”What he feels best about,” Temkin wrote, ”is that with everything he did, he said, `I managed to get home for supper every night.` ”
At one point, Mr. Levinthal was the only one in the city`s Public Leagues coaching both varsity basketball and football teams, according to a friend, Rich Bertoni.
”I don`t know how long he officiated, but we have done it together for 30 years,” Bertoni said. ”There wasn`t much Burt wanted for himself. Everything was for his wife and kids.”
Survivors, besides his son, include: his wife, Isabelle; two daughters, Jean Auskalnis and Amy; two grandchildren; his mother, Lee; and a sister.
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Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Zimmerman-Sandemann Funeral Home, 95th Street and 52nd Avenue in Oak Lawn.
Services for Mr. Levinthal will be held there at 2 p.m. Monday.