Submitted by
Ken Gates

 

 

 

 

 

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Marlin, Texas, Friday, January 20, 2006

MATTIE MAE COHN
March 26, 1922 - January 13, 2006

Mattie Mae (Fife) Cohn

 

     Mattie Mae (Fife) Cohn, 83, of Marlin, Falls Co., Texas entered into rest January 13, 2006.  Services were held Monday January 16, 2006 at Adams Funeral Chapel with Rev. Andy Bratcher officiating.  Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery.  Visitation was held Sunday at Adams Funeral Home.

     Mrs. Cohn was born March 26, 1922 in Limestone County, Ben Hur Community to Stephen Thomas and Teresa Mae Alexander Fife.  She retired in 1976 from the VA Hospital in Marlin and farmed and ranched her entire life. She loved most being with her children and grandchildren. Mrs. Cohn attended the Methodist Church.

     Her husband Leonard preceded Mrs. Cohn in death in 1991.

     Survivors include four sons, Gary Cohn and wife Judy, of Arlington, Texas, Dwain Cohn and wife Cathy of Spring, Texas, Donald Cohn of Houston, Texas, and Kenneth Cohn and wife Nancy of Spring, Texas; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

     Pallbearers were her grandsons.