Shirley M. Cohen

Shirley M. Cohen, 94, passed peacefully on January 11, 2014 after a short illness, in her home in Fountain Hills, Arizona. She was born on October 5, 1919, in Baltimore, Maryland, to loving parents Louis and Rose Morrow (Morovitz) and as an adult moved to Washington to work in the Pentagon during WW II. She was married to Julius Cohen for 52 years who preceded her in death in 1999 . After raising her children she worked and retired from the IRS as a research tax examiner and then moved to Leisure World of Mesa Arizona to enjoy retirement and her many creative past-times such as painting.

She is survived by her daughters Billie Racowsky of Mesa Arizona and Eileen Savan of Indian Wells California; sons Harvey Cohen of San Antonio Texas, and Alan Cohen of El Paso Texas; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren as well as her many nieces and nephews. Visitation is scheduled for 9:30AM, Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Green Acres Funeral Home. Graveside service will follow at 10:30AM, Thursday, January 16, 2014, in Green Acres Garden of Gonohav Shalom.

Spring is the morning of the year and summer is the noon tide bright

Autumn is the evenings clear that comes before the winter’s night

And in the evening everywhere along the road side up and down

I see the golden torches flare like lighted street lamps in the town

But those who stay too late get lost for when the darkness falls about

Down every lighted street the frost will go and put the torches out