The following obituary is courtesy of Chicago Jewish Funerals.
Jona Cohn age 89. Loving husband of 67 years of Janice, nee Goldman. Loving father of Rebecca (David) Eisenberg, Rachel (Dani) Cohen and David (Ronna) Ness-Cohn. Cherished Saba of Yiftach (Janice), Yochai (Amy), Yuval (Becky), Yonatan, Itai, Arielle, Tali and Elan. Proud great-grandfather of Orli, Noa, Mara, Boaz, Oren, Sivan and Eitan. Dear brother of the late Julius (Doris) Cohn and the late Esther Cohn. Senior Director of Research at Motorola, ardent Zionist, founder of the Israel Affairs Committee at NWSJC, co-founder of the Protect Our Heritage PAC, social and political activist, chairman of Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, 13th Congressional District Politics for Peace.
Service Wednesday 12PM at Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd (at Niles Center Road), Skokie. Interment Shalom. In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name to Protect Our Heritage PAC, 2421 W. Pratt Blvd., Suite 1206, Chicago, IL 60645, www.protectourheritagepac.net or Parkinson’s
Disease and Movement Disorders Program, email Kristin_stewart@rush.edu or call Kristin at 312.942.3517.
Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals – Skokie Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com
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