Shirley Ann Cohen, a longtime volunteer at the Rose Medical Center gift shop, passed away Jan. 22, 2011, in Denver.
Rabbi Steven Foster and Cantor Regina Heit officiated at the Jan. 24 service held at Temple Emanuel. Interment followed at Emanuel Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Mrs. Cohen was born July 7, 1924, in Los Angeles, Calif. She came to Denver a year later and then moved to North Platte, Neb., in 1937.
A graduate of North Platte High School, Mrs. Cohen attended the University of Nebraska.
She married Harold J. Cohen on Jan. 4, 1948. Mr. Cohen passed away on Feb. 13, 2007.
Mrs. Cohen lived in Denver again from 1947-1954, resided in California for seven years and returned to Denver in 1962.
She lived here until her death.
Mrs. Cohen is survived by her children David Sommers Cohen and Laurence (Katie) Cohen; sister Bobbie Rubin of Modesto, Calif.; grandchildren Brian (Taya) Fox, Nicolle (Aron) Rosenberg, Samuel Burns and Olivia Cohen; and great-grandchildren Madeline and Juliet Fox and Henry Rosenberg.
She was predeceased by her daughter Marsha Beth Kahn in 1994.
Contributions may be made to Temple Emanuel.
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