Sarah Shapiro

Dateline: Providence

SHAPIRO, Sarah Cohen, 94, lifelong resident of Providence, RI, passed away peacefully in her home June 18, 2013. She was a homemaker and businesswoman with a flair for poetry in English and her native Yiddish. Beloved wife of the late Emil Shapiro, sister of Leonard Cohen, mother of Sandra Shapiro and Samuel Shapiro,  sister-in-law of Goldie Cohen, mother-in-law of John Kirsch and Suellen Goldstein Shapiro, and grandmother of Seth Emil Shapiro. Funeral service, followed by interment, at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, June 19, in chapel at Lincoln Park Cemetery, 1469 Post Road, Warwick, RI. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Temple Sinai, 30 Hagen Ave., Cranston, RI 02920, or Home & Hospice Care of RI, 1085 N. Main St., Providence, RI 02904, or Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, 126 High St., Boston, MA 02110, or a charity of your choice.  Shiva will be observed at her late residence Wed. 6-8 and Thurs. 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.  Shiva continues Sun. and Mon., 7-9 p.m. at the home of Sandra Shapiro and John Kirsch in Cambridge, MA.  Arrangements by SHALOM MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 1100 New London Ave., Cranston.