JOAN COHEN

Joan Cohen, 75, died Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 in Rancho Mirage, California. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 22 at Louis Memorial Chapel, 6830 Troost Avenue. Private burial. Kindly omit flowers; the family suggests contributions to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Joni was born in Cedar Rapids, IA to Maxine and Abraham Beechen. Joni is survived by her children from her first marriage to S. Robert Eisen (died 2006), daughter, Julie Ann Birger (Michael) of Leawood, KS; granddaughters, Emily and Amanda; daughter, Kathryn Anne Eisen of Rancho Mirage, CA; son, Mark Irwin Eisen of Palm Springs, California. She is also survived by her brother, Brad Beechen (Mary Jane) of Chicago, IL; nephew, Adam Beechen (Mindy) of Los Angeles, CA; brother, Doug Beechen of San Francisco, CA and nieces JIll Banks of Portland, OR and Lisa Turken of Los Angeles, CA. She is preceded in death by her sister, Marilynn Kay Beechen and her husband, Roger Lee Cohen.
Joni attended the University of Wisconsin and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She worked for a period at Hallmark Cards and was a realtor for Paul Hamilton. Most of her working life was spent in service to her community for many worthwhile organizations, most notably the Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri, The Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, where she was a docent, the Children's Center for the Visually Impaired, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, and as president of the Board for the DeLaSalle Education Center.
In her later years, Joni moved to Rancho Mirage, CA, a special place for she and Roger. Joni was greatly loved and will be missed by many.