Barbara Bisgyer Cohn, 92, died June 8, 2025 at her home in Portland, Oregon. Born June 7, 1933 in New York City to parents Betsy Vogel and Edgar Peierls. She grew up with sister Emily, mother and stepfather Charlie Evans in Greenwich, CT and attended Sarah Lawrence College.

She married Melvin Bisgyer and had daughters Marcia, Ann and Susan. After a divorce, she moved to the Upper East Side of Manhattan and began working in an advertising agency. She began doing sculpture in bronze as a hobby, won awards and was soon represented by Environment Gallery in NYC.

She married Eric Cohn and moved to Rye, NY, and the blended family included his sons Andy and Lee. Continuing her name Barbara Bisgyer for art, her sculpture style evolved to capture motion, such as a fisherman throwing out a net or a girl twirling to create a flared skirt. She was featured in Q Magazine as one of NY’s up and coming artists. She was also featured in a 1980 New York magazine cover article headlined, “The Great Maid Robberies,” for tracking a group of maids stealing millions of dollars in jewelry. She interviewed dozens of victims and then set up a trap house to capture fingerprints and photos. Her work led to the arrest and conviction of the jewel theft ring.

She is survived by daughters Marcia Bisgyer (Albert Avallone), Philadelphia; and Susan Bisgyer (Carol Blenning), Portland; stepsons Andrew Cohn (Virginia), Long Beach, CA; and Lee Cameron (Lee Cunningham), Paris, France; son-in-law John Wolz, Portland; six grandchildren; half-brothers E. Jeffery Peierls and Brian Peierls; and five great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by husband Eric Cohn, daughter Ann Bisgyer Wolz and sister Emily Wingert. A Celebration of Life is pending.