\t\t\tDr. Stuart S. Cohn \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Lifelong Reading resident and optometrist, Dr. Stuart S. Cohn, 83, passed away peacefully in his<\/p>\n
sleep on September 15th. Born January 1, 1942 to Ben and Sara Cohn, Stuart grew up in<\/p>\n
Pennside. An excellent student at Mount Penn High, he matriculated at Cornell University,<\/p>\n
graduating in 1963. Following Cornell, Stuart earned his Doctor of Optometry Degree at the<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania College of Optometry.<\/p>\n
In 1967, Stuart joined his father-in-law, Joseph Liefter, in a family optometric practice which<\/p>\n
began in 1904. Ultimately taking over the entire practice in 1976, Stuart became a staple of the<\/p>\n
Reading community, serving as President of the Pennsylvania Optometric Association in 1986.<\/p>\n
Over his 52 year career before retiring in 2020, Stuart served and was beloved by thousands of<\/p>\n
patients, including many Reading families spanning multiple generations.<\/p>\n
Stuart\u2019s greatest love and joy in life was his family. Stuart fell completely head over heels for his<\/p>\n
future wife, Carol, from the moment he took her to a middle school dance. From that moment on,<\/p>\n
Carol was his lifelong companion and best friend.<\/p>\n
Marrying in 1964, the couple celebrated their 61st anniversary this year, and were still<\/p>\n
completely in love. There was nothing they wouldn\u2019t do for one another. Stuart also had deep<\/p>\n
affection for, and is survived by his son, Steve, his wife Aleta, and his grandson, Ariel, whom he<\/p>\n
absolutely cherished. He also considered Trinh and Tony Nguyen of Mobile, AL and their three<\/p>\n
children his spiritual family, never failing to mention and even brag about them all with great<\/p>\n
love, pride and admiration. Stuart was close with his sister-in-law, Susan Zuckert, her son<\/p>\n
Andrew, his wife Karen and their children, as well as Sue\u2019s son Tim, his children and husband,<\/p>\n
John. Stuart also had many first cousins he loved dearly, as well as their children and hundreds<\/p>\n
of very close friends.<\/p>\n
Beyond family and friends Stuart had many other passions. He was a multi-genre music<\/p>\n
aficionado, but especially in classical and opera. An ardent supporter of the arts and music in<\/p>\n
Reading, Stuart served as Vice President of the Reading Symphony Orchestra, as President of<\/p>\n
Friends of Chamber Music, and was on the selection committee for the Star Series. He was also<\/p>\n
an avid and accomplished fly fisherman, and a dedicated Philadelphia sports fan who adored<\/p>\n
watching the Eagles and Phillies. Stuart also enjoyed travel with Carol, visiting roughly 70<\/p>\n
countries over their years together.<\/p>\n
Honesty, empathy and service to his fellow human meant everything to Stuart. He was a man of<\/p>\n
character who will be missed by all who knew him.<\/p>\n
Charitable memorial contributions can be made to The Reading Symphony Orchestra, 100 N. 5th<\/p>\n
St., Reading, PA 19601<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr. Stuart S. Cohn OBITUARY Lifelong Reading resident and optometrist, Dr. Stuart S. Cohn, 83, passed away peacefully…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-117843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-reading-city","9":"tag-reading-city-headlines","10":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}