Area Woman who Spent Years Teaching at Multiple Local Schools, Leah Levine Stern, Passes Away at 89
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on September 04, 2026
Leah Levine Stern, 89, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2026. Leah was born August 17, 1937 to the late Mont Levine and Edith Beatrice Levin Levine in Fairmont WV. She attended Fairmont Senior High but graduated from The Greenbriar College preparatory school in Lewisburg WV. After starting classes in 1955 at West Virginia University, she met her late husband Franc Stern and dropped out of school
and got married and started a family. In 1970 she finished her degree at Fairmont State College in Education and began a long career as a teacher having taught at multiple schools and finishing at Jayenne. She eventually obtained her Master’s in Early Childhood Education and only lacked her dissertation from obtaining her Doctorate.
and got married and started a family. In 1970 she finished her degree at Fairmont State College in Education and began a long career as a teacher having taught at multiple schools and finishing at Jayenne. She eventually obtained her Master’s in Early Childhood Education and only lacked her dissertation from obtaining her Doctorate.
Leah was preceded in death by her parents Mont and Edith, her husband Franc, an infant son Abraham, her sister Esther Levine, her brother Paul Levine and his wife Cecelia Davis Levine, her in laws Jacob and Clara Stern, and her aunt who helped raise her Pearl Cohen.
Surviving family include her sons Dr. Mont Stern MD (Judi) from East Amherst NY and Michael Stern (Lisa) from Fairmont, Grandchildren Lois Rosenbloom (Zach), Elliot Stern (Sarah), Jared Stern and Ariel Stern, and Great Grandchild Paige Rosenbloom and multiple cousins, niece and nephews.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ford Funeral Home, Ford Chapel, 201 Columbia Street, Fairmont, WV 26554. A private graveside service will be held for the family at Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens with the Rabbi Zalman Gurevitz officiating. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made the to The Leah Stern Scholarship Fund at Fairmont State University or to the charitable organization of your choice. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.fordfuneralhomes.com
