Cheryl Jean Levin was born on June 25, 1951 in Great Falls, Montana.  She passed away Friday, October 9, 2015 at Smith County Memorial Hospital at the age of 64.

Cheryl moved several times during her childhood with her family as her father was in the Air Force.  She attended high school in St. Petersburg Florida.  She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University.  It was also at Kansas State where she met her future husband, Otto Levin.  They were married in the chapel on base at Ft. Riley, Kansas on December 30, 1972.

After their wedding and graduation from Kansas State they moved back to Kensington, Kansas where the family farming operation is located at.  Cheryl worked as a lab technician at Smith County Memorial Hospital, and as secretary at Levin Farms.  She also kept very busy raising her two sons, Travis and Joshua, and in later years, babysitting her grandson Landon Cash Levin.  When she wasn’t working or helping her family, she enjoyed having coffee and conversation with her neighbors and friends, traveling abroad, and visiting her extended family in Kansas, Texas and Arizona.

Cheryl was preceded in death by her father, Dorsey Barker; her mother, Drusilla Barker; and a sister, Darcie Barker.

Survivors include her husband Otto Levin, Kensington, KS; mother-in-law Evelyn Levin, Kensington, KS; son Travis Levin, and his wife Carmen, Fairview, TX; son Joshua Levin, and his wife Lindsey, of Kensington, KS; sister Debra Brannon, and her husband Glenn of Cypress, TX; and five grandchildren, Keeten, Bella, Annalise, Joel, and Landon Levin.

Funeral services will be held at the First St. John Lutheran Church, Kensington, KS, at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 13, 2015, with Pastor Dave Hutson officiating.  Burial will follow in the Germantown Cemetery, Smith County, KS.

Mrs. Levin will lie in state at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  The family will receive friends at the First St. John Lutheran Church, Kensington, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday evening.

The family wishes in lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to First St. John Lutheran Church.

Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, 1115 2nd Street, Phillipsburg, KS 67661, is in charge of the arrangements.  Online condolences may be left at www.olliffboeve.com.