Pauline Cohen (nee Kutler), 88, died peacefully in her home in Oak Park on Sept. 26, 2015. Born on Feb. 14, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, she worked for many years as an office manager in a physicians practice before retiring to Toms River, New Jersey, with her husband Martin, with whom she shared 57 years of marriage.
In 2009, she moved to Oak Park to live near her daughter, and fully enjoyed her life at Brookdale Senior Living, spending happy times with family and friends and participating in the many activities she loved.
Pauline Cohen is survived by her daughter Annette Cohen (Gregg Kitzis) of Oak Park; her grandsons, Ralph Rivera (Desiree Rivera), Mathew Rivera, Lee Kitzis (Anna Marosi), and Daniel Kitzis; her granddaughters, Marissa Rivera and Lauren Irwin; her great-grandchildren, Giovanni Rivera and Marques Martin Fields; and brother, Joseph Kutler. She was preceded in death by her husband, Martin, and her daughters, Ilene (Cohen) Rivera and Ellen Cohen.
She will be buried next to her husband in B’Nai Israel Memorial Park in Toms River, New Jersey. A celebration of her life will be held in Oak Park at a later date.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.
Arrangements were handled by David T. Ferguson Funeral Home, Washingtonville, NY 10992, 845-496-9106, www.davidtfergusonfh.com.