Stephen Lee COHEN

COHEN, SMITH, HALVERSON, WEHMEYER, WRIGHT, TALLMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/23/2006 at 19:11:18

Stephen Lee Cohen, 52, died on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at his home. Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 18 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Eagle Grove, Iowa with Pastor Herbert Schiller officiating. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Eagle Grove. Steve was born on January 20, 1954 in Glens Falls, NY to John M. Cohen and Elaine M. (Smith) Cohen. He was a 1972 graduate of Glens Falls, NY High School. Steve also attended Drake University. On October 30, 1976, he married Barbara Jo Halverson in Des Moines. Steve served as a Vice President for Innova Ideas and Services in Ames. He will be remembered as a great husband and father. Steve enjoyed playing the guitar and helping people. Steve is survived by his wife, Barbara Cohen of rural Colo; his father, John (Linda) Cohen of Roswell, GA; his mother, Elaine Wehmeyer of San Antonio, TX; a son, Jesse Cohen of Phoenix, AZ; two daughters, Beth (Jerry) Wright and Britt Cohen, all of Harrisburg, PA; four grandchildren, Quincy, Amaya, Jerry Wright and Soraya Cohen; two brothers, Jonathan Cohen of Sun Valley, Idaho and Brad (Terry) Cohen of the Netherlands; and three step brothers, Matthew, Mark and Ted Tallman. Steve was preceded in death by his grandparents. The family will receive friends on Friday, November 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada. A memorial fund has been established. Arrangements have been entrusted to Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada.

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November 18, 2006