Alvin Cohn Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Alvin Cohn, 99, Overland Park, KS passed away Wednesday, August 3. Graveside services 12:30pm Friday August 5 followed by burial at Rose Hill Cemetery, 6900 Troost Avenue. Kindly omit flowers, the family suggests contributions to Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, 9221 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114. Mr. Cohn lived in the Kansas City area for most of his long life. He was a manufacturer’s representative for Sterns, Slagman and Prins, a ladies clothing company. He later moved to Los Angeles for a short time where he was a partner in a retail jewelry store. He served in the US Army Air Corp during WW II. He was an avid reader and loved painting, especially portraits and took painting classes at the JCC. He had a wonderful sense of humor, loved current events and being engaged in the community, was a charitable person and will be greatly missed. Mr. Cohn was a lifelong member of The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah and its Brotherhood, the Jewish War Veterans, B’nai B’rith and the Jewish Community Center. Mr. Cohn was preceded in death by his wives, Inez and Pearl; sister Bernice Cohn; brother: Morton Cohn. He is survived by cousins: Sherman M. Steinzeig, MD, Overland Park, KS, Alan and Gloria Steinzeig, Prairie Village, KS, Milton and Marilyn Steinzeig, Kansas City, MO, Hanan Steinzeig, Shawnee Mission, KS, Hanna Apple, Las Vegas, NV. Many cousins and friends also survive. The family would like to thank George Calhous of American Companion Care and Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care for their outstanding and compassionate care.

Alvin Cohn

March 15, 1912 - August 3, 2011