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Bishop and Rabbi Will Officiate at Funeral of Lee Kohns, Philanthropist

January 21, 1927
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A bishop and a rabbi will officiate at the funeral services for the late Lee Kohns who died on Tuesday.

Bishop Thomas F. Gailor of Tennessee, it was announced, will conduct services this morning at the home of the late philanthropist.

Dr. Samuel Schulman, rabbi of Temple Beth-El, will officiate at the service at the grave. The body of Mr. Kohns will be buried in the cemetery of the congregation of Temple Beth-El in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, N. Y.

The pallbearers will be Frederick P. Bellamy, W. J. L. Banham, Charles L. Bernheiner, Lewis Sayre Burnard, Charles E. Finlay, Samuel Greenbaum, Dr. Alfred Hess, James W. Hyde, Chester S. Lord, Isaac Marcosson, Frank Melville, Jr., Louis E. Pierson, Dr. B. Sachs, Jesse Isidor Straus, Roger Straus, Charles Strauss and Donald W. Whitmore.

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