Recently got this nice note about Lewis from his sister in Vermont.

Hi Ken,

Here is a little about my brother:

To update the record: My brother, Lewis, died of a massive coronary after spending the evening with his youngest son, Joel, and Joel’s wife, Dominique. While he did none of the things he should have done to prolong his life (take his blood pressure medicine, stop smoking, stop eating junk food, etc.), he did not commit suicide. That said, I truly believe he died of a broken heart. Although many girls were taken with my brother over the years, once he met Lori (his wife) that was it. He loved her deeply and was devastated when she died almost two years before, after a long and particularly difficult, multi-year fight with cancer.

Even now I occasionally hear stories about my brother’s high school escapades – perhaps wild for the time, but certainly tame by today’s standards.   As his younger sister, I kidded him unmercifully about all the girls who called our house asking to “speak to Louie.” Ironically, he was the one who stayed close to home, spent his adult life in and around Dayton. He worked at several furniture stores, becoming a super (soft sell) salesman – won trips to places like Hawaii for selling more than anyone else on the floor. I owned a small store of my own and once asked him: “How do you do it? How do you get so many people to buy from you?” I found his answer interesting, though I was never able to replicate his style:  “I don’t wait for customers to say, ‘o.k. I’ll buy it.’ At some point I just start writing up an order.”

My brother had 3 kids – Karen, his youngest, lives in California; Joel lives near Dayton with his wife Dominique; and Robert lives in Cincinnati. Dominique had 3 kids before she and Joel married, and she and Joel have two kids – Reuben (named after our father) and Jack (named after our grandfather) for those of you who might remember our family. Both boys have my brother’s temperament and, even when he was only 10, Reuben was a clearly lady-killer. 

Thanks for letting me add to my brother’s “In Memory” page. Lewis and I lived very different lives, but I still miss him.

Nancy

Nancy Teed

114 Grey Farm Rd.

Morrisville VT 05661

Deceased Classmate: Lewis Cohen
Date Deceased: Sept-7-1997

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