Dorothy Feldman Cohen: Regal repository of Denver Jewish history

Feldman Cohen, 94, sits on a high-backed purple chair in her living room. A regal repository of Denver Jewish history, she politely dismisses the spotlight enveloping her this morning. “I didn’t think this would be about me,” she says, an infectious burst of laughter elevating her gravelly voice a few registers. Dorothy has always been identified with Feldman Mortuary, a family legacy she inherited, perpetuated and personifies. Turn the spotlight on her, and Feldman catches the light — for the Jewish mortuary has defined this slight-of-stature mother, grandmother and great-grandmother for the majority of her life. Dorothy’s father Sam Feldman established the business in 1936. Aaron Cohen, her husband, assumed control after Sam’s death in 1937 and ran it for 41 years. Her son Steve […]