Levering Sherman

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Bangor, Maine - The Reverend Levering B. Sherman Jr., 79, died unexpectedly August 12, 2025, at a Bangor hospital. He was born February 10, 1946, in Charlotte, NC, the son of Elizabeth (Bradfield) and the Rev. L. B. Sherman Sr.

Lev graduated from the Kent School in western Connecticut, class of 1965. He received his BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969, and in 1985 his MA in communications. He earned his M.Div. from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was ordained to the priesthood in Western North Carolina in 1974. He came to Maine in 1989, where he served a number of churches. Lev's career also included work in counseling and mental health, public television, and educational media.

Lev is survived by his wife of 14 years, Dr. Ann Holland of Bangor; his son, Yuriy Paliyenko-Sherman and his wife, Kelsey, of Newark, Delaware; daughters, Natalia Paliyenko Sherman of Westbrook, Ludmila Ziegler and her husband, Chad, of Smithsburg, Maryland, Emilie Holland and her husband, Charles Westcott of Kingston, RI; three grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Williams of Hendersonville, NC, and Betsy Duls, of Radford, Virginia; and sister-in-law, Jane Livingston of Veazie. He is also survived by the mother of his three children, Adrianna Paliyenko of Oakland.

A requiem service will be held on Friday, October 17, 2025, at 11 a.m. in Bangor at St. John's Episcopal Church on French Street, Bishop Thomas Brown presiding. The family invites relatives and friends to share conversation and refreshments at the Family Reception Center of Brookings-Smith, 163 Center St., Bangor, following the service. The immediate family will inter Lev's remains at a later date at the Kanuga Conference Center in Henderson County, NC. Condolences to the family may be expressed at BrookingsSmith.com.