SAN ANTONIO, TX. - Willard L. "Bill" Cohodas, Father of Nancy (Paul) Oberman and Lynn (Rabbi Samuel) Stahl, passed away peacefully on July 7, at the age of 101 and nine months, in San Antonio, Texas, where he had lived with his wife, Lois, for the past three years.
Bill was born in Menominee, Michigan, in 1914, to Harry and Lillian Levine Cohodas. Lillian died tragically of blood poisoning when Bill was only six.
Left alone with three small children, Harry, Bill's father, entrusted their care to his mother,Eva Cohodas, in Ishpeming, MI, for a year. Harry then married Eve Cohn Cohodas, who devotedly raised him and his two siblings, Arnold and Heather.
Bill spent the greater part of his life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. For numerous decades, he was a prominent businessman and civic leader in Ishpeming. He was an official of Cohodas Brothers and the Michigan Financial Corporation, which was later acquired by Wells Fargo. He was one of the founders of the Ishpeming Cancer Society and an avid supporter of Northern Michigan University and Bay Cliff Health Camp for children and adults with physical challenges.
He was also an active member of Rotary Club and a 32nd-degree Mason. During the Christmas season, he rang bells to raise funds for the Salvation Army.
Bill was intensely proud of his Jewish heritage and co-founded Temple Beth Sholom in Ishpeming, Michigan in 1953. He commissioned the noted artist, A. Raymond Katz, to design exquisite stained glass windows reflecting the themes of the Ten Commandments for the Temple. He mentored several generations of Student Rabbis, from Hebrew Union College, in Cincinnati, who served that congregation on a monthly basis. In their absence, he acted as the lay rabbi and officiated at numerous life-cycle occasions. He also directed the Religious School and taught its Confirmation classes.
He was passionate about ensuring that the message of the Holocaust would be perpetuated and that bigotry and prejudice would ultimately be overcome. He was instrumental in introducing Holocaust education programs in schools throughout the Upper Peninsula. He also sponsored an interfaith Holocaust Memorial Service, which has been held annually for over 40 years in Marquette, Michigan.
For many years, in his avid support of higher education, he traveled annually to Jerusalem to attend the Board meetings of the American Friends of the Hebrew University. He also received an honorary doctorate from Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College).
While in Israel, as an amateur Biblical archaeologist, he traversed the country to visit the sites of new archaeological discoveries. He became close personal friends with prominent Biblical archaeologists, like Avraham Biran and Ehud Netzer.
He and Lois spent thirty winters in Longboat Key, Florida, where they took an active part in the cultural life of the area and were founding members of Temple Beth Israel.
Family was the centerpiece of Bill's life. He was the family's revered patriarch and historian.
On December 25, 1939, in Chicago, IL, he married the former Lois Wenk, with whom he shared almost eight decades of a remarkable marriage. In a previous era, when mothers assumed the major responsibility for the day-to-day rearing of children, Bill was a "hands-on" father and grandfather.
He was predeceased by his parents, Harry Cohodas, Lillian Levine Cohodas, and Eve Cohn Cohodas; his brother, Arnold Cohodas, and his sister, Heather Cohodas Frank.
He is survived by his wife of 76 years, Lois Cohodas;
daughters: Lynn Cohodas (Rabbi Samuel) Stahl of San Antonio, Texas, and Nancy Cohodas (Paul) Oberman of Denver, Colorado;
as well as grandchildren, Heather Stahl (Jeffrey) Katz, of Gaithersburg, Maryland; Alisa Stahl (Marco) Cimmino, of Laguna Beach, California; Benjamin (Dr. Melina Jampolis) Oberman, Studio City, California, and Jordana Oberman, of Los Filos, California;
and eight great-grandchildren.
Private burial services will take place at the Montefiore Cemetery in Marinette, Wisconsin, on Monday, July 11. It will be followed by a public memorial service at Temple Beth Sholom (off Deer Lake Road) in Ishpeming, Michigan on Tuesday, July 12, at 2:00 pm.
Another public memorial service will take place at Temple Beth-El, 211 Belknap Place, in San Antonio, on Sunday, July 31, at 2:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Temple Beth Sholom, P.O. Box 482, Marquette, MI, 49855, or Bay Cliff Health Camp, P.O. Box 310, Big Bay, MI 49808.
©The Mining Journal, July 10, 2016
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Bill was born in Menominee, Michigan, in 1914, to Harry and Lillian Levine Cohodas. Lillian died tragically of blood poisoning when Bill was only six.
Left alone with three small children, Harry, Bill's father, entrusted their care to his mother,Eva Cohodas, in Ishpeming, MI, for a year. Harry then married Eve Cohn Cohodas, who devotedly raised him and his two siblings, Arnold and Heather.
Bill spent the greater part of his life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. For numerous decades, he was a prominent businessman and civic leader in Ishpeming. He was an official of Cohodas Brothers and the Michigan Financial Corporation, which was later acquired by Wells Fargo. He was one of the founders of the Ishpeming Cancer Society and an avid supporter of Northern Michigan University and Bay Cliff Health Camp for children and adults with physical challenges.
He was also an active member of Rotary Club and a 32nd-degree Mason. During the Christmas season, he rang bells to raise funds for the Salvation Army.
Bill was intensely proud of his Jewish heritage and co-founded Temple Beth Sholom in Ishpeming, Michigan in 1953. He commissioned the noted artist, A. Raymond Katz, to design exquisite stained glass windows reflecting the themes of the Ten Commandments for the Temple. He mentored several generations of Student Rabbis, from Hebrew Union College, in Cincinnati, who served that congregation on a monthly basis. In their absence, he acted as the lay rabbi and officiated at numerous life-cycle occasions. He also directed the Religious School and taught its Confirmation classes.
He was passionate about ensuring that the message of the Holocaust would be perpetuated and that bigotry and prejudice would ultimately be overcome. He was instrumental in introducing Holocaust education programs in schools throughout the Upper Peninsula. He also sponsored an interfaith Holocaust Memorial Service, which has been held annually for over 40 years in Marquette, Michigan.
For many years, in his avid support of higher education, he traveled annually to Jerusalem to attend the Board meetings of the American Friends of the Hebrew University. He also received an honorary doctorate from Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College).
While in Israel, as an amateur Biblical archaeologist, he traversed the country to visit the sites of new archaeological discoveries. He became close personal friends with prominent Biblical archaeologists, like Avraham Biran and Ehud Netzer.
He and Lois spent thirty winters in Longboat Key, Florida, where they took an active part in the cultural life of the area and were founding members of Temple Beth Israel.
Family was the centerpiece of Bill's life. He was the family's revered patriarch and historian.
On December 25, 1939, in Chicago, IL, he married the former Lois Wenk, with whom he shared almost eight decades of a remarkable marriage. In a previous era, when mothers assumed the major responsibility for the day-to-day rearing of children, Bill was a "hands-on" father and grandfather.
He was predeceased by his parents, Harry Cohodas, Lillian Levine Cohodas, and Eve Cohn Cohodas; his brother, Arnold Cohodas, and his sister, Heather Cohodas Frank.
He is survived by his wife of 76 years, Lois Cohodas;
daughters: Lynn Cohodas (Rabbi Samuel) Stahl of San Antonio, Texas, and Nancy Cohodas (Paul) Oberman of Denver, Colorado;
as well as grandchildren, Heather Stahl (Jeffrey) Katz, of Gaithersburg, Maryland; Alisa Stahl (Marco) Cimmino, of Laguna Beach, California; Benjamin (Dr. Melina Jampolis) Oberman, Studio City, California, and Jordana Oberman, of Los Filos, California;
and eight great-grandchildren.
Private burial services will take place at the Montefiore Cemetery in Marinette, Wisconsin, on Monday, July 11. It will be followed by a public memorial service at Temple Beth Sholom (off Deer Lake Road) in Ishpeming, Michigan on Tuesday, July 12, at 2:00 pm.
Another public memorial service will take place at Temple Beth-El, 211 Belknap Place, in San Antonio, on Sunday, July 31, at 2:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Temple Beth Sholom, P.O. Box 482, Marquette, MI, 49855, or Bay Cliff Health Camp, P.O. Box 310, Big Bay, MI 49808.
©The Mining Journal, July 10, 2016
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SAN ANTONIO, TX. - Willard L. "Bill" Cohodas, Father of Nancy (Paul) Oberman and Lynn (Rabbi Samuel) Stahl, passed away peacefully on July 7, at the age of 101 and nine months, in San Antonio, Texas, where he had lived with his wife, Lois, for the past three years.
Bill was born in Menominee, Michigan, in 1914, to Harry and Lillian Levine Cohodas. Lillian died tragically of blood poisoning when Bill was only six.
Left alone with three small children, Harry, Bill's father, entrusted their care to his mother,Eva Cohodas, in Ishpeming, MI, for a year. Harry then married Eve Cohn Cohodas, who devotedly raised him and his two siblings, Arnold and Heather.
Bill spent the greater part of his life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. For numerous decades, he was a prominent businessman and civic leader in Ishpeming. He was an official of Cohodas Brothers and the Michigan Financial Corporation, which was later acquired by Wells Fargo. He was one of the founders of the Ishpeming Cancer Society and an avid supporter of Northern Michigan University and Bay Cliff Health Camp for children and adults with physical challenges.
He was also an active member of Rotary Club and a 32nd-degree Mason. During the Christmas season, he rang bells to raise funds for the Salvation Army.
Bill was intensely proud of his Jewish heritage and co-founded Temple Beth Sholom in Ishpeming, Michigan in 1953. He commissioned the noted artist, A. Raymond Katz, to design exquisite stained glass windows reflecting the themes of the Ten Commandments for the Temple. He mentored several generations of Student Rabbis, from Hebrew Union College, in Cincinnati, who served that congregation on a monthly basis. In their absence, he acted as the lay rabbi and officiated at numerous life-cycle occasions. He also directed the Religious School and taught its Confirmation classes.
He was passionate about ensuring that the message of the Holocaust would be perpetuated and that bigotry and prejudice would ultimately be overcome. He was instrumental in introducing Holocaust education programs in schools throughout the Upper Peninsula. He also sponsored an interfaith Holocaust Memorial Service, which has been held annually for over 40 years in Marquette, Michigan.
For many years, in his avid support of higher education, he traveled annually to Jerusalem to attend the Board meetings of the American Friends of the Hebrew University. He also received an honorary doctorate from Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College).
While in Israel, as an amateur Biblical archaeologist, he traversed the country to visit the sites of new archaeological discoveries. He became close personal friends with prominent Biblical archaeologists, like Avraham Biran and Ehud Netzer.
He and Lois spent thirty winters in Longboat Key, Florida, where they took an active part in the cultural life of the area and were founding members of Temple Beth Israel.
Family was the centerpiece of Bill's life. He was the family's revered patriarch and historian.
On December 25, 1939, in Chicago, IL, he married the former Lois Wenk, with whom he shared almost eight decades of a remarkable marriage. In a previous era, when mothers assumed the major responsibility for the day-to-day rearing of children, Bill was a "hands-on" father and grandfather.
He was predeceased by his parents, Harry Cohodas, Lillian Levine Cohodas, and Eve Cohn Cohodas; his brother, Arnold Cohodas, and his sister, Heather Cohodas Frank.
He is survived by his wife of 76 years, Lois Cohodas;
daughters: Lynn Cohodas (Rabbi Samuel) Stahl of San Antonio, Texas, and Nancy Cohodas (Paul) Oberman of Denver, Colorado;
as well as grandchildren, Heather Stahl (Jeffrey) Katz, of Gaithersburg, Maryland; Alisa Stahl (Marco) Cimmino, of Laguna Beach, California; Benjamin (Dr. Melina Jampolis) Oberman, Studio City, California, and Jordana Oberman, of Los Filos, California;
and eight great-grandchildren.
Private burial services will take place at the Montefiore Cemetery in Marinette, Wisconsin, on Monday, July 11. It will be followed by a public memorial service at Temple Beth Sholom (off Deer Lake Road) in Ishpeming, Michigan on Tuesday, July 12, at 2:00 pm.
Another public memorial service will take place at Temple Beth-El, 211 Belknap Place, in San Antonio, on Sunday, July 31, at 2:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Temple Beth Sholom, P.O. Box 482, Marquette, MI, 49855, or Bay Cliff Health Camp, P.O. Box 310, Big Bay, MI 49808.
©The Mining Journal, July 10, 2016
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Bill was born in Menominee, Michigan, in 1914, to Harry and Lillian Levine Cohodas. Lillian died tragically of blood poisoning when Bill was only six.
Left alone with three small children, Harry, Bill's father, entrusted their care to his mother,Eva Cohodas, in Ishpeming, MI, for a year. Harry then married Eve Cohn Cohodas, who devotedly raised him and his two siblings, Arnold and Heather.
Bill spent the greater part of his life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. For numerous decades, he was a prominent businessman and civic leader in Ishpeming. He was an official of Cohodas Brothers and the Michigan Financial Corporation, which was later acquired by Wells Fargo. He was one of the founders of the Ishpeming Cancer Society and an avid supporter of Northern Michigan University and Bay Cliff Health Camp for children and adults with physical challenges.
He was also an active member of Rotary Club and a 32nd-degree Mason. During the Christmas season, he rang bells to raise funds for the Salvation Army.
Bill was intensely proud of his Jewish heritage and co-founded Temple Beth Sholom in Ishpeming, Michigan in 1953. He commissioned the noted artist, A. Raymond Katz, to design exquisite stained glass windows reflecting the themes of the Ten Commandments for the Temple. He mentored several generations of Student Rabbis, from Hebrew Union College, in Cincinnati, who served that congregation on a monthly basis. In their absence, he acted as the lay rabbi and officiated at numerous life-cycle occasions. He also directed the Religious School and taught its Confirmation classes.
He was passionate about ensuring that the message of the Holocaust would be perpetuated and that bigotry and prejudice would ultimately be overcome. He was instrumental in introducing Holocaust education programs in schools throughout the Upper Peninsula. He also sponsored an interfaith Holocaust Memorial Service, which has been held annually for over 40 years in Marquette, Michigan.
For many years, in his avid support of higher education, he traveled annually to Jerusalem to attend the Board meetings of the American Friends of the Hebrew University. He also received an honorary doctorate from Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College).
While in Israel, as an amateur Biblical archaeologist, he traversed the country to visit the sites of new archaeological discoveries. He became close personal friends with prominent Biblical archaeologists, like Avraham Biran and Ehud Netzer.
He and Lois spent thirty winters in Longboat Key, Florida, where they took an active part in the cultural life of the area and were founding members of Temple Beth Israel.
Family was the centerpiece of Bill's life. He was the family's revered patriarch and historian.
On December 25, 1939, in Chicago, IL, he married the former Lois Wenk, with whom he shared almost eight decades of a remarkable marriage. In a previous era, when mothers assumed the major responsibility for the day-to-day rearing of children, Bill was a "hands-on" father and grandfather.
He was predeceased by his parents, Harry Cohodas, Lillian Levine Cohodas, and Eve Cohn Cohodas; his brother, Arnold Cohodas, and his sister, Heather Cohodas Frank.
He is survived by his wife of 76 years, Lois Cohodas;
daughters: Lynn Cohodas (Rabbi Samuel) Stahl of San Antonio, Texas, and Nancy Cohodas (Paul) Oberman of Denver, Colorado;
as well as grandchildren, Heather Stahl (Jeffrey) Katz, of Gaithersburg, Maryland; Alisa Stahl (Marco) Cimmino, of Laguna Beach, California; Benjamin (Dr. Melina Jampolis) Oberman, Studio City, California, and Jordana Oberman, of Los Filos, California;
and eight great-grandchildren.
Private burial services will take place at the Montefiore Cemetery in Marinette, Wisconsin, on Monday, July 11. It will be followed by a public memorial service at Temple Beth Sholom (off Deer Lake Road) in Ishpeming, Michigan on Tuesday, July 12, at 2:00 pm.
Another public memorial service will take place at Temple Beth-El, 211 Belknap Place, in San Antonio, on Sunday, July 31, at 2:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Temple Beth Sholom, P.O. Box 482, Marquette, MI, 49855, or Bay Cliff Health Camp, P.O. Box 310, Big Bay, MI 49808.
©The Mining Journal, July 10, 2016
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