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Cohen, Robert J., T/5, 106th Sig Co
OBITUARY: www.legacy.com/obituaries/gazettenet/obituary.aspx?n=robert-cohen&pid=188425796&fhid=15522
SOUTH HADLEY - Robert Cohen, of South Hadley, died on Saturday, March 10, 2018.
He was born in Northampton on July 18, 1924, to Louis M. Cohen and Lena (Slotnick) Cohen. He leaves three daughters: Carol and husband Bradley Katz of Northampton; Susan and husband Peter Hellman of New York City; and Marcy of Yarmouth Port. He also leaves a brother, Bernard, and his wife, Toby, of Madison, Wisconsin. In addition, he leaves four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 65 years, Ruth (Freed) Cohen, whom he met while he was a student at the University of Pennsylvania.
Robert graduated from Northampton High School in 1941 and was always proud that his class was the first to graduate from "the new high school." That fall he started at the University of Pennsylvania, but his studies there were interrupted by World War II. He entered the Army in 1943 and saw action in France, Belgium and Germany as a lineman with the 106th Infantry Division. His war service included fighting in the Battle of the Bulge.
After the war, he returned to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1947. He also studied at various points in his life at Auburn University, UMass (Amherst) and Smith College Graduate School, where he received a graduate degree. Following college, he was first affiliated with his family's Main Street, Northampton, retail business. While there he was active in the Chamber of Commerce and the United Way, and he was a corporator of the old Northampton Institution for Savings and its successor. In 1966 he embarked on a new career. After obtaining his master's degree from Smith College, he joined the faculty at Greenfield Community College and was a professor of mathematics there until his retirement in 1989. Several years into his tenure at GCC, he also became chairman of the Mathematics Department.
Robert and his family lived in Northampton until 1973 and in South Deerfield from 1973 until 2003, when Robert and Ruth moved to Loomis Village in South Hadley. He was a devoted and expert skier from age 35 until his mid-eighties, skiing at almost every ski area in Vermont and New Hampshire. He also volunteered for a number of years at Mt. Tom Ski Area in Holyoke, skiing one-on-one to accompany blind skiers. After he retired, his skiing included a yearly trip to Colorado and a once-in-a-lifetime vacation in the Swiss Alps with his grandson...
CUB MAGAZINE December 1946 www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm.
under " What are They Doing Now" is the source of his rank and unit assignment
OBITUARY: www.legacy.com/obituaries/gazettenet/obituary.aspx?n=robert-cohen&pid=188425796&fhid=15522
SOUTH HADLEY - Robert Cohen, of South Hadley, died on Saturday, March 10, 2018.
He was born in Northampton on July 18, 1924, to Louis M. Cohen and Lena (Slotnick) Cohen. He leaves three daughters: Carol and husband Bradley Katz of Northampton; Susan and husband Peter Hellman of New York City; and Marcy of Yarmouth Port. He also leaves a brother, Bernard, and his wife, Toby, of Madison, Wisconsin. In addition, he leaves four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 65 years, Ruth (Freed) Cohen, whom he met while he was a student at the University of Pennsylvania.
Robert graduated from Northampton High School in 1941 and was always proud that his class was the first to graduate from "the new high school." That fall he started at the University of Pennsylvania, but his studies there were interrupted by World War II. He entered the Army in 1943 and saw action in France, Belgium and Germany as a lineman with the 106th Infantry Division. His war service included fighting in the Battle of the Bulge.
After the war, he returned to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1947. He also studied at various points in his life at Auburn University, UMass (Amherst) and Smith College Graduate School, where he received a graduate degree. Following college, he was first affiliated with his family's Main Street, Northampton, retail business. While there he was active in the Chamber of Commerce and the United Way, and he was a corporator of the old Northampton Institution for Savings and its successor. In 1966 he embarked on a new career. After obtaining his master's degree from Smith College, he joined the faculty at Greenfield Community College and was a professor of mathematics there until his retirement in 1989. Several years into his tenure at GCC, he also became chairman of the Mathematics Department.
Robert and his family lived in Northampton until 1973 and in South Deerfield from 1973 until 2003, when Robert and Ruth moved to Loomis Village in South Hadley. He was a devoted and expert skier from age 35 until his mid-eighties, skiing at almost every ski area in Vermont and New Hampshire. He also volunteered for a number of years at Mt. Tom Ski Area in Holyoke, skiing one-on-one to accompany blind skiers. After he retired, his skiing included a yearly trip to Colorado and a once-in-a-lifetime vacation in the Swiss Alps with his grandson...
CUB MAGAZINE December 1946 www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm.
under " What are They Doing Now" is the source of his rank and unit assignment