Marjory Cohen Slavin

SLAVIN, Marjory Cohen Slavin passed away on December 20 at the age 82. Born in Dayton, Ohio to parents Bertha Shor Cohen and Joseph Cohen, Marjory attended Northwestern University where she was on the road to being both Phi Beta Kappa and a Rhodes Scholar until she met and married Louis Slavin her senior year. The couple resided in Kalamazoo MI and Chicago IL where they raised their children. In 2020, they moved to Tucson AZ where both were active in many cultural activities including the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts and the Jewish Community Center where she served as board president. Survivors include her daughter Emily Slavin, sons Nathaniel Slavin (Cheryl Bame) and Seth Slavin (Solea Steinbruck ), grandson Lucas Bame Slavin and her sister Lesli (Stan) Chassin. Burial was held in Dayton on December 27, 2024. In lieu of gifts, donations may be made to Urban Gateways, 1637 N. Ashland Av, Ste. #!, Chicago 60622 or https://urbangateways.org/about.  Funeral arrangements entrusted to Marker & Heller Funeral Home, North Main St. Chapel.

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