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DECEASED:
Leonard Cohen
Label ben Nachum vMalka Belya
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DATE OF DEATH:
Monday, July 26, 2010 (before sunset)
15 Av, 5770
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DATE OF FUNERAL:
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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TIME OF FUNERAL:
1:00 PM
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PLACE OF FUNERAL:
GRAVESIDE
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PLACE OF BURIAL:
Greenwood Cemetery (1173 Cascade Avenue SW Atlanta, GA 30311)
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SHIVA INFORMATION:
At the home of Tilda Cohen on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. Minyan at 8:00 PM
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DONATIONS:
Congregation Or VeShalom 1681 North Druid Hills Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30319
Jewish Family & Career Services 4549 Chamblee Dunwoody, Atlanta, GA 30338
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OBITUARY:
Leonard Lincoln Cohen, 84, of Atlanta passed away on Monday, July 26, 2010, surrounded by his wife, daughters and family friends. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Tilda Finzi Cohen; daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah Cohen and Kenneth Sobel of Norcross, GA, Sandra and Eliot Kalter of Bethesda, MD, Naomi and Dan Benator of Duluth, GA; grandchildren, Alanna Sobel of Washington, D.C., Jacob Sobel of Norcross, GA, Benjamin and David Kalter of Bethesda, MD, Zachary and Leonardo Benator of Duluth, GA; and a sister, Natalie Solomon Barr of Cleveland, OH. He earned a Bachelor’s degree at the University of Akron and a Master’s degree in Social Work from University of Pittsburgh and had a long career in social service agencies. He retired in 1988 following 27 years as Executive Director of Jewish Family Services of Atlanta. During his tenure, he succeeded in guiding and growing the organization not only to a broader vision, size & scope but also to governance by an independent Board of Directors. He served in active duty in the U.S. Army and later retired as a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. He was a member of the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Georgia for more than fifty years, and he served on the Board of Directors of many community organizations including Congregation Or VeShalom, Gentiva Home Healthcare, Healthfield Home Healthcare, Metro Home Healthcare, and Jewish Family & Career Services. He also served as a Red Cross disaster relief counselor. Mr. Cohen was a dedicated member of Congregation Or VeShalom as well as a supporter of many charitable organizations. Most of all he was devoted to his family and leaves behind with them a legacy rich in memories of his sense of humor, his deep faith and his constant reaching out to others. Sign online guest book at www.edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Congregation Or VeShalom, 1681 N. Druid Hills Road, Atlanta, GA 30319; or Jewish Family & Career Services, 4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA 30338-6210. Graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 28 at Greenwood Cemetery. Arrangements by Dressler's Jewish Funeral Care, Atlanta (770) 451-4999.
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GUESTBOOK
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The Dressler Family
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May the memories of our loved ones remain for a blessing.
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| Sandy Cohen Kalter | Aug 28 2010 07:40 pm | | Dad: Shloshim is over, and I miss you. I will always miss you. But as much as the pain is a physical ache for hearing your voice or seeing you again, I am so grateful for the gift of you that I had for 52 years. How blessed I was to have a father who so unconditionally loved me and took delight in all that I did. I knew it before you died, and I know that now. Thank you for the gift of your heart, your smile, your humor, your love of life, your giving way, your love for mom and for all of us. We were so incredibly blessed to have you. I am terribly sad still that you no longer walk this earth, and I will carry you in my heart until the day I die. I will keep the faith, as you always told us to do, and I will try to not worry about the things I cannot change. I love and miss you, Dad. Your loving daughter, Sandy | | | Harriet Klug | Aug 17 2010 01:16 am | | Tilda,Debbie,Sandy and Naomi my thoughts are with you. I am so sorry for your loss. I will always remember your Dad's beautiful smile. Love, Harriet | | | Lili (Arensberg) Baxter | Jul 31 2010 04:08 pm | | Dear Tilda, Naomi, Sandy & Deborah,
I just returned last night from Boston to learn of Leonard's funeral earlier this week. I'm so sorry I could not have been there. I have so many fond memories of my earliest years in Atlanta and how fortunate I was to have Tilda and Leonard as neighbors and Naomi as perennial visitor. I wish I could have hugged each of you and been there to say good-bye to Leonard. He loved you all so much and was always so uplifting to me. I'm glad he lived to see his children happily married and to know his grandchildren.
Lots of love, Lili
| | | Elaine Pazol George | Jul 29 2010 11:34 am | | Dear Tilda, Naomi, Sandy, & Debbie, Your dad and all of you were my family that helped me raise my four boys. Living next door and having the love from Leonard and ya'll really inspired me. I still hear his voice when he would come home and from work and share his love with all of you. He was an unbelieveable man. I never saw him upset, he was always smiling and laughing. His love for Tilda was the most precious thing I had ever seen. And his love and caring for you girls was a blessing. We will all keep him in our memories forever. Love to all of you. Elaine Pazol | | | Terri and Laury Bagen | Jul 29 2010 11:19 am | | Leonard was a dear soul and brought comfort,healing and joy to so many. We will always remember how much he did for our community, how kind he was to us and how he always had a smile for everyone. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family. | | | Laura Greenberg | Jul 29 2010 10:58 am | | I was so sad to hear about Leonard's passing. He was my first social work supervisor and boss at Jewish Family Services, when the agency was a small, intimate place to work. He was a kind, generous man who loved his family above everything. He will be sorely missed. | | | Lorrie Mell | Jul 29 2010 08:36 am | | Leonard will be sorely missed by all whose life he touched with his compassion and understanding of troubled people. | | | lisa cohen | Jul 29 2010 06:35 am | | So sorry for your loss and of Leonard's passing...I love you all and wish you peace and healing. Leonard was a special man and was always an inspiration and a bright light in my life. He'll be sorely missed. | | | Amy Arogeti | Jul 28 2010 08:52 pm | | Leonard was a remarkable man who left this earth a better place for others to thrive. Thank you for sharing him with us.
Love
Amy and Robert Arogeti | | | Cherri Ries | Jul 28 2010 03:49 pm | | I am so sorry to hear about Leonard's death. I remeber him so fondly as my boss at Jewish Family Services. He will e missed by many in this community,
Cherri Ries | | | Charlotte Weisberg and Family | Jul 28 2010 03:02 pm | | Please except our sincere sympathy on the passing of your husband and father. It's too bad that we haven't seen each other in so many years, but I still value the friendship that we had.
Love and Regards,
Charlotte Weisberg and Family | | | Joel Widder | Jul 28 2010 01:39 pm | | Dear Family - I'll miss your dad. I met him only a few times -- usually at a major family celebration of one kind or another. But each time, despite the fact I was friends with Kenny, he made me feel as though I was a member of his family - his warmth, his humor, his humanity. Any one who knew him is a better person because of him. | | | Mark Kaplan | Jul 28 2010 12:02 pm | | Debbie & Kenny,
Leonard was a fabulous example for me growing up, always positive, energetic and interested in what I was doing. I can remember him so clearly. He was a precious, rare soul that will be missed. | | | Fulton Masonic Lodge No. 216 | Jul 28 2010 11:15 am | | We share your loss but wish that you hold fast to the fond memories of Brother Leonard Cohen. The Brothers of Fulton Lodge will miss him here but will join with him at the Masonic Lodge in Heaven | | | Jeff Lewis | Jul 28 2010 01:56 am | | Leonard was a role model to me throughout my childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. As a next door neighbor, I had the privilege of spending time at the Cohen household on a regular basis and learning, through Leonard, what it meant to be a caring and giving person. The lessons I learned from him will always stay with me. My love and sympathies to Tilda, Sandy, Debbie, Naomi and the rest of the family. | | | shirley and Donald Reisman | Jul 27 2010 11:14 pm | | So sorry to hear about leonard. Our thought are with you all.
| | | Jeff,Dawn, Maddi and Morgan Kahn | Jul 27 2010 11:13 pm | | My family wishes to express our deepest condolences to yours...Leonard will always be remembered as such a nice man in the neighborhood...always a smile and a good word. | | | Mario Greszes | Jul 27 2010 03:35 pm | | My deepest sympathies to all the family. I feel fortunate to have known "Mr. Cohen" since I was a teenager, and even more fortunate to have had the pleasure of being with him at Kalter/Cohen family simchas until recently. I will always remember his smile, his warmth and his gregariousness, and I hope that it is those happy memories of a wonderful man that sustain all of you during these difficult days. | |
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