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Chris
December 21, 2024
Miss you buddy
Dan Weintraub
August 17, 2021
Hello Rachel. You perhaps remember me. I was a teacher at PVS in 1993. I drove you to a concert in LA, if memory serves. You popped into my head and I googled and your brother's obituary came up. I am so so sorry. What a terrible loss for you and for your family. I hope that your memories are sweet, and that you are doing well. Warm Regards, Dan
Rachel Cohen
May 9, 2015
I'm not even done reading these and am so moved by the entries. It's taken a long time to read stuff like this, but I am so grateful because it sharpens my memories, now in technicolor, and the vignettes.. I'm so thankful, as much as I'm crying. Joey and I were young before Internet as we know it/ social media, and I don't really do social media, but I have some great images and I see I can post photos and maybe now I'm able to do that, and some of you will see.
Thanks again,
Rachel
Rachel Cohen
May 9, 2015
I haven't looked at this until now. I love you so much and hope (know?) you can hear me, and I know you are at peace. I've known that. It's been a really hard seven years but mom and I are fine and I'll probably have a boy like you in a few years.I love you so much, hope I'll dream about you to hug u again.
Thanks to all below, R
Lisa & Terry Stanford
December 18, 2012
Always in our memories, thoughts and prayers, you were a joyful light Joseph.
George Hiddleston
April 16, 2011
You are still in my thoughts and will remain. I now understand. I miss you rachel and tina
March 15, 2011
joey, you were my first love. my heart breaks that you are no longer here. i wish there was something i could say or do. you are sorely missed, beyond comprehension. i talk to you all the time, and i hope that you can hear it. you are with me at all times. i hope you are now at peace. you are loved and sorely missed.
January 17, 2010
I miss you
Mina Steiker
December 29, 2009
To Tina & Rachel,
I don't know if you remember me. I am your cousin Mina from New York. My mother's sister was Belle. I'm so sorry to hear about Joseph's passing. I think I met him once back in 1991 when I was at your home. My sympathies are with you
martha zec
March 21, 2009
Tina and Rachel,
My heart is saddened with your loss. I will always remember Joey's sweet, yet serious recital of Poe's "Annabel Lee" at Palm Valley School. For me, he will remain that adorable young lad gifted with intelligence and profound compassion which he shared so naturally with those he encountered.
Heartfelt sympathy,
Martha
(Mother of Nicholas Stonawski)
George Speed
February 12, 2009
The world lost a wonderful, kind and gifted soul with the passing of Joseph. I will remember his unique quality to be Joseph. God blessed Joey with the love from Tina and Rachel. I miss him.
Nicole Kondra
February 12, 2009
I only knew Joey for a short time but came across his obituary while searching for my grandmothers. I can't say how saddened I am to have come across this page, how sorry I am for Joeys family...Tina, whom I only met once or twice, Rachel, who he spoke so highly of. In the short time I knew Joey he did have a huge, lasting impression on me and I have always remembered him fondly, and will continue to do so. Its clear by these entries he was the genuine, witty, brilliant person I knew him to be.
Paula Hough
January 8, 2009
I only knew Joey for a very short time thru Katie's father. My very best memory of Joey was one night at the Bowling Alley. We all went there after we had dinner. Joey was throwing gutter ball after gutter ball. He never gave up though, and he showed such determination. I sat and watched him every time he came up to bowl, and realized he was trying to figure out what he was doing wrong. On the tenth frame, Joey made a strike!! He jumped up and down, he was so excited and we all were excited with him. Another, and the last memory I will have in my heart forever, is of Joey at Katie's father's Christmas party. Katie and Joey danced all night. Most of the time they were the only ones on the dance floor and they were so beautiful and both so happy together. Such a sweet young man, he will be missed so very much.
Peter Nardi
December 31, 2008
My deepest condolences to Joseph's family. I was his faculty advisor and mentor at Pitzer College. He was a wonderful young man whom I first met when he was a freshman. I am deeply saddened to hear about his death.
shana stanford
December 30, 2008
Tina and Rachel,
I cannot begin to imagine the pain and sadness you must feel after loosing your son...your brother. As a mother that is my deepest and worst fear, loosing one of my children, watching them go before I. I cannot bear the thought. I know Joey was such a talented and geniunie person, and although I never saw him much, or even had the chance to know him as well as others, I will still cherish the memory of him and miss him because he was my cousin. He was part of my family. My deepest sympathy goes out to you both. Im so sorry.
Rachelle Gilbert
December 25, 2008
Dear Tina and Rachel,
I send my deepest condolences to you both. I am at someone of a loss for words...Joey was such a wonderful boy and I say that because I hadn't seen him in some time, however, I will never forget his humour, funny faces and kindness. He was a brilliant person in so many ways. He will be truly missed by me but remain in my heart. You were like a family to me and I truly do have you in my thoughts and prayers. Om Mani Padme Hum.
Janet England
December 25, 2008
Dear Tina,
The only time we met was the day we moved ours sons Max and Joey into the dorm room together at Pitzer...making up their beds, trying to squeeze all their stuff into such a small space, but not wanting to do too much, as they had to make the space their own. And that evening, you had dinner with me and Kent, while our children were getting acquainted with each other and their dorm mates.
Max came home last night for the holidays, but waited until late this morning to tell me about Joey. He had just heard from a mutual friend, and he is devastated. My heart aches for you as you endure this greatest tragedy that can befall a mother. Please know that you are in our hearts and in our thoughts.
With deepest sympathy...
Jennifer Walton
December 24, 2008
Rachel and Tina,
I understand that words of condolence do touch you, but cannot break through the pain you are feeling. I do hope that you know how many people are thinking of you and that it will give you some comfort. I heard last evening and wish that I could have been there yesterday for the service. Please know that I have you in my thoughts and prayers. Though it has been 12 years, Rachel, we will always have a bond. I hope your life brings you joy and peace.
Much love and prayers,
Jenn (Morton) Walton
Marsha Little
December 23, 2008
Tina, I was so saddened to read of Joeys passing today. I felt I knew him through you and he must have been a fine person as you are.
You are in my prayers as you grieve this terrible loss. God will carry you now.
My Deepest Condolences,
Marsha Little
Stafford McKay
December 23, 2008
Some of my best memories as a child are of Joey and your family. Joey's kindness and brilliant sense of humor will be with me for the rest of my life. I remember all those sleepovers at your house. Rachel introducing us to music I'd never heard before from the largest CD collection I'd ever seen. Tina's grilled cheese sandwiches and smile. Playing with your enormous dog Jake. And watching Jeopardy with your family - I could never get a single question in before one of the four of you would come up with it.
I also remember fondly the week Joey visited us up in Michigan one summer when we were 12 or 13. We were brave, taking the ferry 14 miles out to South Manitou Island and roughing it for a couple days on nothing but a can of spaghettioes. He sprained his arm, but was a trooper.
A class clown, but with a super intellect and all good intentions, Joey would bring the whole classroom to hysterics with just a witty word or two.
I'm sorry we lost touch over the years. As kids grow up and move away like I did, we take for granted the possibility that we might not meet again. This tears me apart, because I would have loved to have met Joey as an adult.
His drive to help others will continue to inspire us all, through this he lives on.
I wish I were in town to give you both a big hug.
Christopher McCook
December 23, 2008
I saw you on friday. i'm sure I acted like a fool because it was a christmas party and I didn't know it was going to be the last time I saw you. I don't even remember shaking your hand to say goodbye which makes me feel horrible. Those are the things that bother me the most, we never went to the batting cages like you wanted because I was always in class when you were free, and I can't remember if I shook your hand and said goodbye the last time I saw you. I just hope you know I love you, You will always be in my mind and my heart.
Tina, Rachel, if you need anything from me or my brother, please let us know. We're both upset we couldn't be there, but we will be next year. I hope you understand
Diane Coston
December 23, 2008
Dearest Tina and Rachel,
I was deeply saddened to learn of
Joey's passing. In all my 30 years of
teaching, there are certain kids who
leave more of a mark on my memory
than others. Both Rachel and Joey
did that because they were such very unique children. Joey's intelligence was amazing but his
sense of humor made many days
better just by something that he would say. I am sending you my love
as you get through this impossible
time. God must have needed an
angel.
Nicholas McCook
December 23, 2008
I spent a great deal of time with Joseph Cohen, (Joey). I dont know what to say now that I feel like I need to say something more than ever.
We did more spontaneous things that two people could have ever done:
Have you ever bought a helium tank, one as tall as you are, beacuse you wanted to see how many ballons it would take to float you sitting on a chair...
Baught a full paintball set, (guns, gear, masks) and the continued to play paintball in the backyard of your house?...Sorry Tina!
Have you ever felt like you were in a movie, doing things that you would have never thought that you would do in your life. Finding yourself agruing to keep sain. Joey made me feel that way everytime I was with him. He made me live my life to the fullest. I find myself laughing to keep from crying. But yet even as I sit here trying to tell you all the memories that I have of Joey, my words fall short.
I love Joey and Tina like a second family because thats what they were, my brother, my mother, my family.
Thank you Joey, from the bottom of my heart. God I am going to miss you.
Rachel Cohen
December 23, 2008
Joey I love you so much. My sweet little brother, my friend - you cared so deeply for others. You were so brilliant, like the stars I look out onto at night when I whisper your name, talking to your spirit. Please visit me in my sleep, so I can see you again, even though I will wake up aching. I wish we were children again, hiding out in the backyard, or playing games. But I can't press rewind, so instead Mom and I will move forward, closely bound together, forever holding your memory with us. I love you.
Marta Basham
December 23, 2008
Dearest Tina and Rachel,
I can not begin to fathom the pain of your loss. There are no words to describe it. Please accept my most sincere condolences. Rachel, I tried several times to contact you via emails with no luck.Please call me when the time is right for you. Stay close to your mom.Sorrow shared is half the sorrow. With much love, Marta Basham
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