Published by the New Haven Register from Nov. 13 to Nov. 14, 2011
Grimes, Mary Cochran
Christmas Day in 1922 brought a special gift to her parents, Roy and Aileen Cochran, in the form of their first child, a daughter they named Mary. Within a year, the family moved from the small Nebraska town of North Platte to the capitol city, Lincoln, where Roy served as State Engineer until 1935, when he was elected to the first of three terms as Governor of Nebraska. As a girl Mary excelled in music and dance, and graduated from the University of Nebraska.
During World War II she and her parents moved to Washington, DC, where another Nebraska native, Lee Grimes, courted her. After their marriage in 1945, the couple moved to Oxnard, California, to help Lee's parents purchase and manage the local newspaper until after it was sold in the mid-1960s.
Lee and Mary raised two sons and a daughter in Oxnard. In 1972 the couple moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where Lee was at home from his undergraduate days at Yale. After working part-time at Yale for eight years, Mary became a graduate student and received a master's degree in American History, focusing on the American West. After publishing several articles on her parents' efforts to improve the livelihood and libraries of Nebraskans in the 1930's, she wrote a dual biography of her parents, Roy and Aileen: From Sod House to State House (Bison Books, 2010).
Mary, an accomplished pianist, was known for her warm, cheerful demeanor and her sensitivity to others' needs. She passed away peacefully on Nov. 8, 2011, in her apartment in Whitney Center in Hamden after a long bout with cancer.
She was pre-deceased by her husband, and is survived by her sons Robert and Douglas and her daughter Diana. Mary will be fondly remembered by her family and her many friends.
A memorial service will be held at Whitney Center in Hamden at 10:30 AM, Friday, November 18, 2011.
Grimes, Mary Cochran
Christmas Day in 1922 brought a special gift to her parents, Roy and Aileen Cochran, in the form of their first child, a daughter they named Mary. Within a year, the family moved from the small Nebraska town of North Platte to the capitol city, Lincoln, where Roy served as State Engineer until 1935, when he was elected to the first of three terms as Governor of Nebraska. As a girl Mary excelled in music and dance, and graduated from the University of Nebraska.
During World War II she and her parents moved to Washington, DC, where another Nebraska native, Lee Grimes, courted her. After their marriage in 1945, the couple moved to Oxnard, California, to help Lee's parents purchase and manage the local newspaper until after it was sold in the mid-1960s.
Lee and Mary raised two sons and a daughter in Oxnard. In 1972 the couple moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where Lee was at home from his undergraduate days at Yale. After working part-time at Yale for eight years, Mary became a graduate student and received a master's degree in American History, focusing on the American West. After publishing several articles on her parents' efforts to improve the livelihood and libraries of Nebraskans in the 1930's, she wrote a dual biography of her parents, Roy and Aileen: From Sod House to State House (Bison Books, 2010).
Mary, an accomplished pianist, was known for her warm, cheerful demeanor and her sensitivity to others' needs. She passed away peacefully on Nov. 8, 2011, in her apartment in Whitney Center in Hamden after a long bout with cancer.
She was pre-deceased by her husband, and is survived by her sons Robert and Douglas and her daughter Diana. Mary will be fondly remembered by her family and her many friends.
A memorial service will be held at Whitney Center in Hamden at 10:30 AM, Friday, November 18, 2011.
Published by the New Haven Register from Nov. 13 to Nov. 14, 2011
Grimes, Mary Cochran
Christmas Day in 1922 brought a special gift to her parents, Roy and Aileen Cochran, in the form of their first child, a daughter they named Mary. Within a year, the family moved from the small Nebraska town of North Platte to the capitol city, Lincoln, where Roy served as State Engineer until 1935, when he was elected to the first of three terms as Governor of Nebraska. As a girl Mary excelled in music and dance, and graduated from the University of Nebraska.
During World War II she and her parents moved to Washington, DC, where another Nebraska native, Lee Grimes, courted her. After their marriage in 1945, the couple moved to Oxnard, California, to help Lee's parents purchase and manage the local newspaper until after it was sold in the mid-1960s.
Lee and Mary raised two sons and a daughter in Oxnard. In 1972 the couple moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where Lee was at home from his undergraduate days at Yale. After working part-time at Yale for eight years, Mary became a graduate student and received a master's degree in American History, focusing on the American West. After publishing several articles on her parents' efforts to improve the livelihood and libraries of Nebraskans in the 1930's, she wrote a dual biography of her parents, Roy and Aileen: From Sod House to State House (Bison Books, 2010).
Mary, an accomplished pianist, was known for her warm, cheerful demeanor and her sensitivity to others' needs. She passed away peacefully on Nov. 8, 2011, in her apartment in Whitney Center in Hamden after a long bout with cancer.
She was pre-deceased by her husband, and is survived by her sons Robert and Douglas and her daughter Diana. Mary will be fondly remembered by her family and her many friends.
A memorial service will be held at Whitney Center in Hamden at 10:30 AM, Friday, November 18, 2011.
Grimes, Mary Cochran
Christmas Day in 1922 brought a special gift to her parents, Roy and Aileen Cochran, in the form of their first child, a daughter they named Mary. Within a year, the family moved from the small Nebraska town of North Platte to the capitol city, Lincoln, where Roy served as State Engineer until 1935, when he was elected to the first of three terms as Governor of Nebraska. As a girl Mary excelled in music and dance, and graduated from the University of Nebraska.
During World War II she and her parents moved to Washington, DC, where another Nebraska native, Lee Grimes, courted her. After their marriage in 1945, the couple moved to Oxnard, California, to help Lee's parents purchase and manage the local newspaper until after it was sold in the mid-1960s.
Lee and Mary raised two sons and a daughter in Oxnard. In 1972 the couple moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where Lee was at home from his undergraduate days at Yale. After working part-time at Yale for eight years, Mary became a graduate student and received a master's degree in American History, focusing on the American West. After publishing several articles on her parents' efforts to improve the livelihood and libraries of Nebraskans in the 1930's, she wrote a dual biography of her parents, Roy and Aileen: From Sod House to State House (Bison Books, 2010).
Mary, an accomplished pianist, was known for her warm, cheerful demeanor and her sensitivity to others' needs. She passed away peacefully on Nov. 8, 2011, in her apartment in Whitney Center in Hamden after a long bout with cancer.
She was pre-deceased by her husband, and is survived by her sons Robert and Douglas and her daughter Diana. Mary will be fondly remembered by her family and her many friends.
A memorial service will be held at Whitney Center in Hamden at 10:30 AM, Friday, November 18, 2011.
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