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==Death and legacy==
The Cowls were [[Jewish]] and shared a dedication to their religious heritage and culture. In 2001, Ruthe Cowl donated $1 million to the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, [[Massachusetts]], to establissh the Jack and Ruthe B. Cowl Center. This particular center celebrates Yiddish culture and Jewish literary, artistic, musical, and historical knowledge and accomplishment.<ref>[http://www.bikher.org/+10303 National Yiddish Book Center - About the Cowl Center<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Early in 2007, Cowl donated $750,000 to the Yiddish Book Center to create the Cowl Jewish Leadership Program for promising college students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/+10353|title=National Yiddish Book Center - Inspired Gift from Visionary Donor Will Bring Yiddish to College Campuses|publisher=yiddishbookcenter.org|accessdate=March 20, 2008; no lonher longer on-line}}</ref>
Cowl died in Laredo at the age of ninety-six. Services were held on March 21, 2008, in Woodbury in Nassau County, New York. She was interred next to her husband at Farmingdale, a community near New York City.<ref>"Cowl funeral set Friday," ''Laredo Morning Times,'' March 19, 2008, p. 3A.</ref> Survivors included two sons, Anthony Cowl, a retired [[educator]] in [[Amsterdam]], the [[Netherlands]], and John Cowl, M.D., of Pembroke, [[Massachusetts]]; granddaughter, Dr. Allison Cowl Nicoletti of Petersham, Massachusetts, and numerous nieces and nephews.<ref name=truechampiongone/>