Elizabeth Bowden Couper, 89, formerly of Waynesboro, Virginia, and Hockessin, Delaware, died peacefully at her residence, Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, Mrs. Couper attended Agnes Scott College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of William & Mary with a major in French language and literature. In 1940 she married Monroe Couper, at that time an instructor in chemistry at the University of Virginia, and over the next thirteen years gave birth to four children. She devoted this part of her life to the family, nurturing her children and instilling in them by her own example a sense of tolerance, open-mindedness and independence. From 1949 to 1970, Mrs. Couper was actively involved in the Hospital Auxiliary, the Parent-Teacher Association and the American Association of University Women in Waynesboro, Virginia. In 1970, when the family moved to Hockessin, Delaware, she continued to be active in the community and worked part-time as a museum guide at the Winterthur and Hagley Museums.
Mrs. Couper was among other things a lover of languages. From Latin in high school, she moved on to Greek and French in college and finally to Italian in later years. Once her children had grown, she traveled extensively in Europe. She was widely read and reported enthusiastically to book groups on her readings, especially in mid- and far-Eastern cultural studies. She enjoyed ballet, opera, and ballroom dancing and was known to concoct amazing dishes made from the wild mushrooms collected by her husband, an amateur mycologist.
At WCBR, Mrs. Couper was an active member of the Flower Committee and the Bridge Group. She was known and loved for her lilting laugh, her grace, her soft-spoken gentility and her unmistakably Virginian accent.
Preceded in death by her youngest son, Monroe Couper Jr., and her husband of 66 years, Monroe Couper Sr.
Survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen; a son, Charles Couper; a daughter, Mary Lischer; one daughter-in-law, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, Mrs. Couper attended Agnes Scott College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of William & Mary with a major in French language and literature. In 1940 she married Monroe Couper, at that time an instructor in chemistry at the University of Virginia, and over the next thirteen years gave birth to four children. She devoted this part of her life to the family, nurturing her children and instilling in them by her own example a sense of tolerance, open-mindedness and independence. From 1949 to 1970, Mrs. Couper was actively involved in the Hospital Auxiliary, the Parent-Teacher Association and the American Association of University Women in Waynesboro, Virginia. In 1970, when the family moved to Hockessin, Delaware, she continued to be active in the community and worked part-time as a museum guide at the Winterthur and Hagley Museums.
Mrs. Couper was among other things a lover of languages. From Latin in high school, she moved on to Greek and French in college and finally to Italian in later years. Once her children had grown, she traveled extensively in Europe. She was widely read and reported enthusiastically to book groups on her readings, especially in mid- and far-Eastern cultural studies. She enjoyed ballet, opera, and ballroom dancing and was known to concoct amazing dishes made from the wild mushrooms collected by her husband, an amateur mycologist.
At WCBR, Mrs. Couper was an active member of the Flower Committee and the Bridge Group. She was known and loved for her lilting laugh, her grace, her soft-spoken gentility and her unmistakably Virginian accent.
Preceded in death by her youngest son, Monroe Couper Jr., and her husband of 66 years, Monroe Couper Sr.
Survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen; a son, Charles Couper; a daughter, Mary Lischer; one daughter-in-law, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Elizabeth Bowden Couper, 89, formerly of Waynesboro, Virginia, and Hockessin, Delaware, died peacefully at her residence, Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, Mrs. Couper attended Agnes Scott College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of William & Mary with a major in French language and literature. In 1940 she married Monroe Couper, at that time an instructor in chemistry at the University of Virginia, and over the next thirteen years gave birth to four children. She devoted this part of her life to the family, nurturing her children and instilling in them by her own example a sense of tolerance, open-mindedness and independence. From 1949 to 1970, Mrs. Couper was actively involved in the Hospital Auxiliary, the Parent-Teacher Association and the American Association of University Women in Waynesboro, Virginia. In 1970, when the family moved to Hockessin, Delaware, she continued to be active in the community and worked part-time as a museum guide at the Winterthur and Hagley Museums.
Mrs. Couper was among other things a lover of languages. From Latin in high school, she moved on to Greek and French in college and finally to Italian in later years. Once her children had grown, she traveled extensively in Europe. She was widely read and reported enthusiastically to book groups on her readings, especially in mid- and far-Eastern cultural studies. She enjoyed ballet, opera, and ballroom dancing and was known to concoct amazing dishes made from the wild mushrooms collected by her husband, an amateur mycologist.
At WCBR, Mrs. Couper was an active member of the Flower Committee and the Bridge Group. She was known and loved for her lilting laugh, her grace, her soft-spoken gentility and her unmistakably Virginian accent.
Preceded in death by her youngest son, Monroe Couper Jr., and her husband of 66 years, Monroe Couper Sr.
Survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen; a son, Charles Couper; a daughter, Mary Lischer; one daughter-in-law, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, Mrs. Couper attended Agnes Scott College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of William & Mary with a major in French language and literature. In 1940 she married Monroe Couper, at that time an instructor in chemistry at the University of Virginia, and over the next thirteen years gave birth to four children. She devoted this part of her life to the family, nurturing her children and instilling in them by her own example a sense of tolerance, open-mindedness and independence. From 1949 to 1970, Mrs. Couper was actively involved in the Hospital Auxiliary, the Parent-Teacher Association and the American Association of University Women in Waynesboro, Virginia. In 1970, when the family moved to Hockessin, Delaware, she continued to be active in the community and worked part-time as a museum guide at the Winterthur and Hagley Museums.
Mrs. Couper was among other things a lover of languages. From Latin in high school, she moved on to Greek and French in college and finally to Italian in later years. Once her children had grown, she traveled extensively in Europe. She was widely read and reported enthusiastically to book groups on her readings, especially in mid- and far-Eastern cultural studies. She enjoyed ballet, opera, and ballroom dancing and was known to concoct amazing dishes made from the wild mushrooms collected by her husband, an amateur mycologist.
At WCBR, Mrs. Couper was an active member of the Flower Committee and the Bridge Group. She was known and loved for her lilting laugh, her grace, her soft-spoken gentility and her unmistakably Virginian accent.
Preceded in death by her youngest son, Monroe Couper Jr., and her husband of 66 years, Monroe Couper Sr.
Survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen; a son, Charles Couper; a daughter, Mary Lischer; one daughter-in-law, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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