information extracted from Elins - Elinsky, Cohen, Friedberg & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh -
undated clipping from Martinsberg, WVA newspaper
Sol COHEN, Businessman, Local Civic Leader, Dies
Sol Cohen, 83, prominent local businessman, civic leader, and president of the Berkeley Upholstering Company, died unexpectedly Saturday in Miami Beach, Fla. Where he had been vacationing for the past month. A native of Augusta, Ga., he received his early education in the public schools of South Carolina, and was a 1913 graduate of the Baltimore, Md., Polytechnic Institute. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 and served throughout World War I in the 409th Telegraph Battalion of the Army Signal Corps, largely overseas. Following his discharge, he established himself in Leavenworth, Kansas, and numbered among his endeavors, the patenting and successful national merchandising of an intricate inner-spring mattress device. In 1937, he returned to Martinsburg to join his brother in the operation of the M. Cohen & Son ladies apparel store. Shortly thereafter he purchased the Berkeley Upholstering Company and thenceforth devoted his full time to the operation of that enterprise. He was associated over the years with numerous religious, fraternal, and community groups, holding 50 year memberships in the Kiwanis, B�nai B�rith, and Masonic organizations. He was a member and past president of the Beth Jacob Synagogue, Martinsburg. He was co-chairman of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Eastern Panhandle Roundtable, co-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, a member of Governor Moore's Advisory Council of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Shenandoah Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the Eastern Panhandle Shrine Club, Hiram Lodge No 68 A.F & A.M., Leavenworth United Commercial Travelers, Travelers Protective Association, a past president and director of the Berkeley County Historical Society, a member of the Friends of the Library, of the Newton D. Baker Post No. 896 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Berkeley Post No 14, the American Legion, and a director of the Shepherd College Foundation. As Chairman of the financial advisory committee for the Martinsburg Public Library Commission, he organized and spearheaded a fund-raising campaign which made possible the building the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library now occupies. He was the son of the late Mendel and Rebecca D. Cohen. His wife, the former Irene Friedberg, whom he married in 1919, died in 1974.
Survivors include his brother, Louis Cohen, 133 North Queen St., Martinsburg, one daughter, Mrs. Nadia C. Elins, three grandchildren, Michael, Anna, and Daniel Elins and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted by Rabbi Harvey Rosenfeld, of Hagerstown, Md. At the Brown Funeral Home at 1:30 pm Thursday with burial at the Beth Jacob Synagogue cemetery with graveside rites conducted by Wquality Lodge No. 44 A.F. & A.M. The family will receive friends Wednesday at the Brown Funeral Home from 7 to 9 pm. It is requested that flowers be omitted and any remembrances take the form of contributions to the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library.
Leavenworth (KS) Times, Mon., Feb 7 1977 p. 5
MARTINSBURG, W. Va. The funeral for Sol Cohen, 83, Martinsburg, W. Va., formerly of Leavenworth, will be at'l:30 p.m. Thursday in the Brown Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Beth Jacobs Synagogue Cemetery with- Masonic graveside riles , by Quality Lodge, No. 44, AF&AM.
Mr. Cohen was a prominent '"Martinsburg businessman and civic leader. He was president of Berkeley Upholstering Co. at Martinsburg. He was born at Augusta, Ga., April 22, 1893, and was a 1913 graduate of the Baltimore, Md., Polytechnical Institute. He enlisted in the Army in 1917 and served throughout World War I. After his discharge he lived at Leavenworth, where he patented and successfully merchandised an innerspring mattress device. While at Leavenworth he was active in the American Legion and was chairman of the Leavenworth Red Cross Roll Call. He was a charter member of Kiwanis Club, of which he was president in 1925. He also was president of the B'nai B'rith Temple. He moved from Leavenworth to Martinsburg in 1937 to join his brother in the M. Cohen and Sons Ladies Apparel Store. He was married to Irene Freidburg, a Leavenworth native, in 1919. She died in 1974. Survivors include a brother, Louis Cohen, Martinsburg, W. Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Nadia C. Elins, Martinsburg, W. Va.; and three grandchildren. . The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library.
Hagerstown (MD) Daily Mail, Mon., Feb 7, 1977, p. 26
extracted from Cohen and Friedman families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh and Daniel J. Elins:
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Sol Cohen, 33 N. Queen St., Martinsburg, died Saturday in Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Born in Georgia, he was the son of the late Mendel and Rebecca Cohen.
He was a veteran of World War I. He was president and general manager of the Berkeley Upholstery Company. He was affiliated with the Beth Jacob Synagogue. He was a member of the Martinsbug Kiwanis club, the Martinsburg Historical Society, Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce and the Adam Stephen Society. He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite and a member of the Mystic order Shrine.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert Elins of Martinsburg; one brother, Lou Cohen of Martinsburg; and three grandchildren.
Services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from the Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg. Rabbi Harvey Rosenfeld will officiate.
Burial will be in Beth Jacob Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 7 to 9.
Memorials may be made to the Martinsburg Berkeley County Pulic Library.
undated clipping from Martinsberg, WVA newspaper
Sol COHEN, Businessman, Local Civic Leader, Dies
Sol Cohen, 83, prominent local businessman, civic leader, and president of the Berkeley Upholstering Company, died unexpectedly Saturday in Miami Beach, Fla. Where he had been vacationing for the past month. A native of Augusta, Ga., he received his early education in the public schools of South Carolina, and was a 1913 graduate of the Baltimore, Md., Polytechnic Institute. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 and served throughout World War I in the 409th Telegraph Battalion of the Army Signal Corps, largely overseas. Following his discharge, he established himself in Leavenworth, Kansas, and numbered among his endeavors, the patenting and successful national merchandising of an intricate inner-spring mattress device. In 1937, he returned to Martinsburg to join his brother in the operation of the M. Cohen & Son ladies apparel store. Shortly thereafter he purchased the Berkeley Upholstering Company and thenceforth devoted his full time to the operation of that enterprise. He was associated over the years with numerous religious, fraternal, and community groups, holding 50 year memberships in the Kiwanis, B�nai B�rith, and Masonic organizations. He was a member and past president of the Beth Jacob Synagogue, Martinsburg. He was co-chairman of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Eastern Panhandle Roundtable, co-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, a member of Governor Moore's Advisory Council of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Shenandoah Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the Eastern Panhandle Shrine Club, Hiram Lodge No 68 A.F & A.M., Leavenworth United Commercial Travelers, Travelers Protective Association, a past president and director of the Berkeley County Historical Society, a member of the Friends of the Library, of the Newton D. Baker Post No. 896 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Berkeley Post No 14, the American Legion, and a director of the Shepherd College Foundation. As Chairman of the financial advisory committee for the Martinsburg Public Library Commission, he organized and spearheaded a fund-raising campaign which made possible the building the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library now occupies. He was the son of the late Mendel and Rebecca D. Cohen. His wife, the former Irene Friedberg, whom he married in 1919, died in 1974.
Survivors include his brother, Louis Cohen, 133 North Queen St., Martinsburg, one daughter, Mrs. Nadia C. Elins, three grandchildren, Michael, Anna, and Daniel Elins and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted by Rabbi Harvey Rosenfeld, of Hagerstown, Md. At the Brown Funeral Home at 1:30 pm Thursday with burial at the Beth Jacob Synagogue cemetery with graveside rites conducted by Wquality Lodge No. 44 A.F. & A.M. The family will receive friends Wednesday at the Brown Funeral Home from 7 to 9 pm. It is requested that flowers be omitted and any remembrances take the form of contributions to the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library.
Leavenworth (KS) Times, Mon., Feb 7 1977 p. 5
MARTINSBURG, W. Va. The funeral for Sol Cohen, 83, Martinsburg, W. Va., formerly of Leavenworth, will be at'l:30 p.m. Thursday in the Brown Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Beth Jacobs Synagogue Cemetery with- Masonic graveside riles , by Quality Lodge, No. 44, AF&AM.
Mr. Cohen was a prominent '"Martinsburg businessman and civic leader. He was president of Berkeley Upholstering Co. at Martinsburg. He was born at Augusta, Ga., April 22, 1893, and was a 1913 graduate of the Baltimore, Md., Polytechnical Institute. He enlisted in the Army in 1917 and served throughout World War I. After his discharge he lived at Leavenworth, where he patented and successfully merchandised an innerspring mattress device. While at Leavenworth he was active in the American Legion and was chairman of the Leavenworth Red Cross Roll Call. He was a charter member of Kiwanis Club, of which he was president in 1925. He also was president of the B'nai B'rith Temple. He moved from Leavenworth to Martinsburg in 1937 to join his brother in the M. Cohen and Sons Ladies Apparel Store. He was married to Irene Freidburg, a Leavenworth native, in 1919. She died in 1974. Survivors include a brother, Louis Cohen, Martinsburg, W. Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Nadia C. Elins, Martinsburg, W. Va.; and three grandchildren. . The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library.
Hagerstown (MD) Daily Mail, Mon., Feb 7, 1977, p. 26
extracted from Cohen and Friedman families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh and Daniel J. Elins:
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Sol Cohen, 33 N. Queen St., Martinsburg, died Saturday in Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Born in Georgia, he was the son of the late Mendel and Rebecca Cohen.
He was a veteran of World War I. He was president and general manager of the Berkeley Upholstery Company. He was affiliated with the Beth Jacob Synagogue. He was a member of the Martinsbug Kiwanis club, the Martinsburg Historical Society, Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce and the Adam Stephen Society. He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite and a member of the Mystic order Shrine.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert Elins of Martinsburg; one brother, Lou Cohen of Martinsburg; and three grandchildren.
Services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from the Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg. Rabbi Harvey Rosenfeld will officiate.
Burial will be in Beth Jacob Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 7 to 9.
Memorials may be made to the Martinsburg Berkeley County Pulic Library.
information extracted from Elins - Elinsky, Cohen, Friedberg & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh -
undated clipping from Martinsberg, WVA newspaper
Sol COHEN, Businessman, Local Civic Leader, Dies
Sol Cohen, 83, prominent local businessman, civic leader, and president of the Berkeley Upholstering Company, died unexpectedly Saturday in Miami Beach, Fla. Where he had been vacationing for the past month. A native of Augusta, Ga., he received his early education in the public schools of South Carolina, and was a 1913 graduate of the Baltimore, Md., Polytechnic Institute. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 and served throughout World War I in the 409th Telegraph Battalion of the Army Signal Corps, largely overseas. Following his discharge, he established himself in Leavenworth, Kansas, and numbered among his endeavors, the patenting and successful national merchandising of an intricate inner-spring mattress device. In 1937, he returned to Martinsburg to join his brother in the operation of the M. Cohen & Son ladies apparel store. Shortly thereafter he purchased the Berkeley Upholstering Company and thenceforth devoted his full time to the operation of that enterprise. He was associated over the years with numerous religious, fraternal, and community groups, holding 50 year memberships in the Kiwanis, B�nai B�rith, and Masonic organizations. He was a member and past president of the Beth Jacob Synagogue, Martinsburg. He was co-chairman of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Eastern Panhandle Roundtable, co-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, a member of Governor Moore's Advisory Council of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Shenandoah Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the Eastern Panhandle Shrine Club, Hiram Lodge No 68 A.F & A.M., Leavenworth United Commercial Travelers, Travelers Protective Association, a past president and director of the Berkeley County Historical Society, a member of the Friends of the Library, of the Newton D. Baker Post No. 896 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Berkeley Post No 14, the American Legion, and a director of the Shepherd College Foundation. As Chairman of the financial advisory committee for the Martinsburg Public Library Commission, he organized and spearheaded a fund-raising campaign which made possible the building the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library now occupies. He was the son of the late Mendel and Rebecca D. Cohen. His wife, the former Irene Friedberg, whom he married in 1919, died in 1974.
Survivors include his brother, Louis Cohen, 133 North Queen St., Martinsburg, one daughter, Mrs. Nadia C. Elins, three grandchildren, Michael, Anna, and Daniel Elins and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted by Rabbi Harvey Rosenfeld, of Hagerstown, Md. At the Brown Funeral Home at 1:30 pm Thursday with burial at the Beth Jacob Synagogue cemetery with graveside rites conducted by Wquality Lodge No. 44 A.F. & A.M. The family will receive friends Wednesday at the Brown Funeral Home from 7 to 9 pm. It is requested that flowers be omitted and any remembrances take the form of contributions to the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library.
Leavenworth (KS) Times, Mon., Feb 7 1977 p. 5
MARTINSBURG, W. Va. The funeral for Sol Cohen, 83, Martinsburg, W. Va., formerly of Leavenworth, will be at'l:30 p.m. Thursday in the Brown Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Beth Jacobs Synagogue Cemetery with- Masonic graveside riles , by Quality Lodge, No. 44, AF&AM.
Mr. Cohen was a prominent '"Martinsburg businessman and civic leader. He was president of Berkeley Upholstering Co. at Martinsburg. He was born at Augusta, Ga., April 22, 1893, and was a 1913 graduate of the Baltimore, Md., Polytechnical Institute. He enlisted in the Army in 1917 and served throughout World War I. After his discharge he lived at Leavenworth, where he patented and successfully merchandised an innerspring mattress device. While at Leavenworth he was active in the American Legion and was chairman of the Leavenworth Red Cross Roll Call. He was a charter member of Kiwanis Club, of which he was president in 1925. He also was president of the B'nai B'rith Temple. He moved from Leavenworth to Martinsburg in 1937 to join his brother in the M. Cohen and Sons Ladies Apparel Store. He was married to Irene Freidburg, a Leavenworth native, in 1919. She died in 1974. Survivors include a brother, Louis Cohen, Martinsburg, W. Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Nadia C. Elins, Martinsburg, W. Va.; and three grandchildren. . The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library.
Hagerstown (MD) Daily Mail, Mon., Feb 7, 1977, p. 26
extracted from Cohen and Friedman families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh and Daniel J. Elins:
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Sol Cohen, 33 N. Queen St., Martinsburg, died Saturday in Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Born in Georgia, he was the son of the late Mendel and Rebecca Cohen.
He was a veteran of World War I. He was president and general manager of the Berkeley Upholstery Company. He was affiliated with the Beth Jacob Synagogue. He was a member of the Martinsbug Kiwanis club, the Martinsburg Historical Society, Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce and the Adam Stephen Society. He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite and a member of the Mystic order Shrine.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert Elins of Martinsburg; one brother, Lou Cohen of Martinsburg; and three grandchildren.
Services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from the Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg. Rabbi Harvey Rosenfeld will officiate.
Burial will be in Beth Jacob Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 7 to 9.
Memorials may be made to the Martinsburg Berkeley County Pulic Library.
undated clipping from Martinsberg, WVA newspaper
Sol COHEN, Businessman, Local Civic Leader, Dies
Sol Cohen, 83, prominent local businessman, civic leader, and president of the Berkeley Upholstering Company, died unexpectedly Saturday in Miami Beach, Fla. Where he had been vacationing for the past month. A native of Augusta, Ga., he received his early education in the public schools of South Carolina, and was a 1913 graduate of the Baltimore, Md., Polytechnic Institute. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 and served throughout World War I in the 409th Telegraph Battalion of the Army Signal Corps, largely overseas. Following his discharge, he established himself in Leavenworth, Kansas, and numbered among his endeavors, the patenting and successful national merchandising of an intricate inner-spring mattress device. In 1937, he returned to Martinsburg to join his brother in the operation of the M. Cohen & Son ladies apparel store. Shortly thereafter he purchased the Berkeley Upholstering Company and thenceforth devoted his full time to the operation of that enterprise. He was associated over the years with numerous religious, fraternal, and community groups, holding 50 year memberships in the Kiwanis, B�nai B�rith, and Masonic organizations. He was a member and past president of the Beth Jacob Synagogue, Martinsburg. He was co-chairman of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Eastern Panhandle Roundtable, co-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, a member of Governor Moore's Advisory Council of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Shenandoah Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the Eastern Panhandle Shrine Club, Hiram Lodge No 68 A.F & A.M., Leavenworth United Commercial Travelers, Travelers Protective Association, a past president and director of the Berkeley County Historical Society, a member of the Friends of the Library, of the Newton D. Baker Post No. 896 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Berkeley Post No 14, the American Legion, and a director of the Shepherd College Foundation. As Chairman of the financial advisory committee for the Martinsburg Public Library Commission, he organized and spearheaded a fund-raising campaign which made possible the building the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library now occupies. He was the son of the late Mendel and Rebecca D. Cohen. His wife, the former Irene Friedberg, whom he married in 1919, died in 1974.
Survivors include his brother, Louis Cohen, 133 North Queen St., Martinsburg, one daughter, Mrs. Nadia C. Elins, three grandchildren, Michael, Anna, and Daniel Elins and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted by Rabbi Harvey Rosenfeld, of Hagerstown, Md. At the Brown Funeral Home at 1:30 pm Thursday with burial at the Beth Jacob Synagogue cemetery with graveside rites conducted by Wquality Lodge No. 44 A.F. & A.M. The family will receive friends Wednesday at the Brown Funeral Home from 7 to 9 pm. It is requested that flowers be omitted and any remembrances take the form of contributions to the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library.
Leavenworth (KS) Times, Mon., Feb 7 1977 p. 5
MARTINSBURG, W. Va. The funeral for Sol Cohen, 83, Martinsburg, W. Va., formerly of Leavenworth, will be at'l:30 p.m. Thursday in the Brown Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Beth Jacobs Synagogue Cemetery with- Masonic graveside riles , by Quality Lodge, No. 44, AF&AM.
Mr. Cohen was a prominent '"Martinsburg businessman and civic leader. He was president of Berkeley Upholstering Co. at Martinsburg. He was born at Augusta, Ga., April 22, 1893, and was a 1913 graduate of the Baltimore, Md., Polytechnical Institute. He enlisted in the Army in 1917 and served throughout World War I. After his discharge he lived at Leavenworth, where he patented and successfully merchandised an innerspring mattress device. While at Leavenworth he was active in the American Legion and was chairman of the Leavenworth Red Cross Roll Call. He was a charter member of Kiwanis Club, of which he was president in 1925. He also was president of the B'nai B'rith Temple. He moved from Leavenworth to Martinsburg in 1937 to join his brother in the M. Cohen and Sons Ladies Apparel Store. He was married to Irene Freidburg, a Leavenworth native, in 1919. She died in 1974. Survivors include a brother, Louis Cohen, Martinsburg, W. Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Nadia C. Elins, Martinsburg, W. Va.; and three grandchildren. . The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library.
Hagerstown (MD) Daily Mail, Mon., Feb 7, 1977, p. 26
extracted from Cohen and Friedman families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh and Daniel J. Elins:
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Sol Cohen, 33 N. Queen St., Martinsburg, died Saturday in Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Born in Georgia, he was the son of the late Mendel and Rebecca Cohen.
He was a veteran of World War I. He was president and general manager of the Berkeley Upholstery Company. He was affiliated with the Beth Jacob Synagogue. He was a member of the Martinsbug Kiwanis club, the Martinsburg Historical Society, Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce and the Adam Stephen Society. He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite and a member of the Mystic order Shrine.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert Elins of Martinsburg; one brother, Lou Cohen of Martinsburg; and three grandchildren.
Services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from the Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg. Rabbi Harvey Rosenfeld will officiate.
Burial will be in Beth Jacob Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 7 to 9.
Memorials may be made to the Martinsburg Berkeley County Pulic Library.
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