Attorney Milton Cohen, 87, dies; funeral slated for Sunday

Milton H. Cohen, a retired attorney, died on Wednesday, December 11. He was 87.

Cohen was a lifelong resident of New Orleans and graduated from Isidore Newman School in 1943, prior to serving in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Following the war, he returned to New Orleans and using the G. I. Bill, enrolled at Tulane University, eventually graduating from the School of Law.

A member of the Scottish Rite Masons, Valley of New Orleans, Cohen was also a member of the Abou Saad Shriners in Panama. He was a member of Touro Synagogue.

Cohen is survived by a sister, Peggy C. Bennett of Fort Worth, TX, several nieces and a nephew.

Graveside services will be conducted at Hebrew Rest Cemetery # 3, located at Frenchmen and Pelopidas Streets, on Sunday, December 15 at 12:30 p.m. Rabbi Alexis Berk will officiate.

Memorial donations can be made to the Louisiana S.P.C.A. Funeral arrangements are by Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home in Metairie. For more information call 504-835-2341.