Samuel Louis Cohen, of suburban Lake Worth, Florida, died Saturday, May 26, 2018, at JFK Hospital in Atlantis, Florida. He was 94.

Mr. Cohen was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Sam C. and Molly Cohen, who had immigrated from Eastern Europe by way of Argentina. When Mr. Cohen was a very young child the family moved to Chicago, where Mr. Cohen became a lifelong Cubs fan despite living on the city's South Side. The family lived there until Mr. Cohen was in junior high school, when they moved to Cleveland, Ohio. A few years later they moved back to Newark, where Mr. Cohen was graduated from South Side High School.

He attended New York University on a full scholarship, majoring in history, and becoming a member of Phi Beta Kappa. His education was interrupted by military service during World War II in Europe, where he served as a medic in the Army. He then attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1949. While in law school he met Sylvia M. Harris of Utica, New York, then a student at Lesley College. They were married in 1950.

After clerking for a judge in Newark, Mr. Cohen became in-house counsel for the Ronson Corporation in Woodbridge, New Jersey, where he worked for many years and served as corporate secretary. After living briefly in Hillside and Bloomfield, New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. Cohen moved to Westfield, New Jersey, where they raised their family. For several years, Mr. Cohen also maintained a private law practice in Springfield, New Jersey.

Mr. Cohen left Ronson to become general counsel of the Ideal Toy Company in Queens, New York. Ideal later became part of CBS Inc. After retiring from CBS, Mr. Cohen worked part-time for several years for Hartz Mountain Industries in Secaucus, New Jersey. As part of his work, Mr. Cohen traveled extensively, including to England, France, Germany, Australia, Austria, Japan and Hong Kong. After Mr. and Mrs. Cohen's children were grown, they moved to Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and began spending winters in suburban Delray Beach, Florida. In the early 1990s they bought a home at Wycliffe Country Club in suburban Lake Worth, where Mr. Cohen was active in the club's board of directors and his homeowners' association. Until very recently, Mr. Cohen was an avid golfer.

Mr. Cohen is survived by his wife, Sylvia; his children, Stuart, of Rensselaer, New York; Frederic, of Henderson, Nevada, formerly of West Palm Beach Florida, and his wife Catherine; Lawrence, of Fanwood, New Jersey, and his wife, Amy; and Joyce Cohen of Breckenridge, Colorado, formerly of West Palm Beach and suburban Boynton Beach, Florida, and her husband, Christian Guntner. Mr. Cohen is also survived by a sister, Rose Turchin, of Lauderhill, Florida. His sister Edith Sherman of Plantation, Florida died in 2010. Survivors also include grandchildren Laura Gallegly of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and her husband, Jay; Zachary Cohen of West Hartford, Connecticut; and Emily Cohen of Fanwood, New Jersey; and a great-grandchild, Maddox Gallegly of Oklahoma City.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 31, at Palm Beach National Chapel Funeral Home, 10055 Heritage Farms Road , suburban Lake Worth, Florida. Inurnment will take place on a date yet to be determined at South Florida National Cemetery.