Appleton native Sarah Blacher Cohen of Albany, N.Y, died at the age of 72 on November 10, 2008.
Professor emerita at the University at Albany, State University of New York, she taught for 33 years.
She was general editor of the SUNY Press series on Modern Jewish Literature and Culture, a media consultant to the National Endowment for Humanities, a humor consultant for the Library of Congress, recipient of a distinguished Fulbright professorship to Yugoslavia and winner of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Society.
Cohen wrote and edited seven books, numerous scholarly articles and eleven plays and musicals, many with her longtime partner, Joanne Koch of Chicago.
She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Gary Cohen of Albany; sister Bess Rosen Lichterman of Milwaukee; and nine nieces and nephews.
Services were held at the Levine Memorial Chapel in Albany. The family would appreciate memorial contributions to the Disabled Student Services at the University of Albany.
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