Bruce J. Cohn, 78, of Atlantic Highlands died on Sunday, January 4th at Jersey Shore University Hospital. Bruce was born and raised in Brooklyn and lived in Staten Island for many years before settling in Atlantic Highlands in 2017.

He was an elementary school teacher, as well as a teacher of Photography and Drama at Tottten I.S. 34, for the New York City Board of Education. He also moonlighted doing videography for weddings.

Bruce was a 1963 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School, Brooklyn and received his BFA from Pratt College in 1967. He earned an MS in Education from Richmond College, CUNY, in 1974.

Bruce lived life with gusto and was very much a people person. He was an avid photographer, describing himself as a street photographer, especially inspired by people encountered during workshops in India, Argentina, Greece, and Morocco.

He loved sailing, owning several boats in his life. He and his wife Denise owned two boats named Picture Perfect, a Great Harbor trawler and a Catalina 425, taking both up and down the Intracoastal Waterway and cruising in the waters around NYC. He was a member of the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club as well as a long-time member of the Richmond County Yacht Club, New York. He famously sailed a 26’ sailboat (before GPS) to Bermuda with 2 friends. But he could also enjoy a nice day playing golf with friends. He loved long-distance bicycling trips, once bicycling from Staten Island to Montreal and another time across the state of Iowa.

He was pre-deceased by his first wife, Janet Cohn, in 2009. Together, they raised their only child, Jaime.

Surviving is his wife, Denise Mumm; his daughter and son-in-law, Jaime and Frank Manzo, Staten Island; his brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Bibi Cohn, their children Jonas and Brian, all residing in Sweden, and two cherished grandchildren, Frank and Janelle.

Funeral services, Wednesday, January 7th at 11 am at the Woolley-Boglioli Funeral Home, 10 Morrell Street, Long Branch. Interment will follow at Beth Israel Memorial Park Cemetery, Woodbridge.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Bruce’s memory to Blood Cancer United.

To share a favorite memory of Bruce or send a message of condolence, please visit his page of tributes at www.woolleyboglioli.com.