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J.l. Cohen; Owned Packaging Company
By Herb Drill, INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT
Posted: January 29, 1997
Jerome L. ``Jack'' Cohen, 74, retired owner of Gay Gem Products
and an active member of the Jewish community, died Sunday at his
home in Rydal.
Mr. Cohen had been president of Jerome Distributors in
Philadelphia before he founded Gem Products, a Philadelphia
packager of party favors. Through a merger, the company became
Gay Gem Products. It was sold to General Mills Inc. in 1972.
``He was the first person to package children's party favors
together instead of selling them individually,'' said his wife
of 24 years, Anita Caplan Cohen.
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