Lois H Coven, age 91, of Boca Raton, Florida passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Lois Coven was a born and bred New Yorker who grew up on the Upper West Side. She was born Lois Mayfair Hirsh the only child of Melvin and Florence Hirsh. She attended New York City schools and commuted to Adelphi University in Garden City, NY where she received a teaching degree. She taught Speech and English in Brooklyn, NY until she met her beloved Stuart on a blind date while vacationing in Florida. They were married for 66 years. We will always remember her disarming, witty sense of humor and her encyclopedic knowledge of manners and etiquette. A true Lady, she was beautiful, glamorous, and always the best dressed woman in the room.
She is survived by her son Robert and wife Tricia Coven of Delray Beach, FL, her son Richard and wife Paula Coven of Tiburon, CA and grandchildren Kyle Coven and wife Cassie Coven of Greenwich, CT, Eliza Coven of New York, NY, Riley Coven of Dallas, TX and Ava Coven of Tiburon, CA.
Donations in her memory can be made to the Stuart ’48 and Lois H. Coven Scholarship Fund at Colgate University. Contributions by check payable to: Colgate University with a note specifying the Stuart '48 and Lois H. Coven Scholarship Fund can be mailed to:
Gift Records
Colgate University
PO Box 313
Canajoharie, NY 13317-0313
Contact Bob Tyburski - 315-228-7733 for assistance as needed.
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