Sylvia Baellow Cohn Obituary (2008) - Overland Park, Kansas

Sylvia C. Cohn, 94 of Overland Park, KS, passed away Friday, January 18, 2008 at the Menorah Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1:00pm, Sunday, January 20, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, 6830 Troost Avenue. Burial at Sheffield Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Jewish Heritage Center or the Child Development Center, both at the Jewish Community Center. Mrs. Cohn was born in Poland in 1913, the daughter of Harry and Rose Kershenbaum. Sylvia moved to the Kansas City area with her family from Poland in 1926 at the age of 13. Beginning at age 14 she made ties at Steinberg Tie Mfg. where she worked for ten years. She worked as a sales clerk in the Bakery Department at Kresge’s Department Store, until her retirement in the late 1970’s. She returned to work as a teacher’s aide in various preschools and worked into the 1990’s. She was an enthusiastic volunteer at the Hadassah Thrift Shop. She was a former member of Beth Shalom Synagogue and Hadassah. Mrs. Cohn was preceeded in death by her parents; her husbands: Rubin Baellow and Sol Cohn; brothers: Leo and Eddie Kershenbaum. Mrs. Cohn is survived by her son: David Baellow and his partner Jhon Gunther, Overland Park, KS; daughters and sons-in-law: Harla and Frank Loving, Raymore, MO, Merriam and Abe Sukiennik, Overland Park, KS; sisters and brother-in-law: Virginia and Paul Spira, Los Angeles, CA; Symie Fasbinder, Overland Park, KS; 10 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.