Ruth G. Greene Cohen

Ruth G. (Greene) Cohen, of Belmont, formerly of Cambridge and Arlington, 82, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Belmont Manor Nursing Home in Belmont, MA. Beloved wife of the late Sumner N. Cohen. Devoted mother of Robert Cohen and his wife, Amy, of Belmont, MA; Jeff Cohen and his wife, Laurie, of Bedford, MA; and Larry Cohen and his wife, Dawn, of Norfolk, MA; Loving Grandmother of Michael and Samantha Cohen, Donald (DJ) and Jacqui Cohen, and Genny Cohen: Dear sister of Elizabeth Schneider, of Lexington, MA (formerly of Belmont) and sister-in-law of the late Rubin H. Schneider, of Belmont. Ruth is also survived by many loving cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

She was born on November 24, 1931, the daughter of Leopold G. (Ted) and Mary D. (Resnick) Greene and raised in Cambridge. A graduate of Cambridge Latin High School and Boston University, she was a women’s fashion buyer for Jordan Marsh prior to raising her family. She earned her Master’s Degree in Special Education from Lesley College and taught grades K-5 at the Morse School in Cambridge for over 20-years. She was an active member of the Beth El Temple Center congregation, serving as a Vice President of the Temple. A world traveler and lover of fashion, Ruth was a supremely independent and very caring person who loved her family and friends. She will be remembered for her selflessness, her sense of humor, her ability to whistle a happy tune, and her devotion to Sumner to whom she was married for 35 years and who died in 1990.

Services will be at the Beth El Temple Center, 2 Concord Avenue, Belmont on Monday, August 4, 2014 at 10:00AM. Interment will take place at Sharon Memorial Park, 41 Dedham Street, Sharon. Memorial observance will be from 3:00–8:00PM at the home of Robert and Amy Cohen, 31 Audrey Road, Belmont. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th fl., New York, NY 10001, http://www.alzfdn.org or the American Cancer Society, https://donate.cancer.org/index.