Evelyn L. Cohen
Age: 90
Birth date: Feb. 12, 1912
How did you celebrate your birthday? My daughter gave me a wonderful birthday brunch at the Boca Country Club. Members of my family came.
City of residence: Delray Beach
Names of spouse and children and their city of residence: I married Irving Cohen. He is deceased. I have three daughters. Myrna lives in Boca Raton; Carol resides in Boynton; and Claudia lives in Las Vegas. I have three grandsons, one granddaughter, four great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter.
Former occupation and place: I am a retired legal secretary. I worked in Brooklyn for a Supreme Court judge and five attorneys.
Original hometown: New York City
Favorite childhood memory: My favorite memory is attending Yiddish theater with my parents. I would mimic everything I saw.
What surprises you most about 2002? I can’t believe the advances in technology, medicine, communication and research. I am happy to be witness to it all.
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