Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Couper, Monroe, Sr., PhD November 23, 2006
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The News Virginian November 2006
Monroe Couper, 92, formerly of Waynesboro, Virginia, and Hockessin, Delaware, 
died at his residence, Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge in 
Charlottesville, Virginia, on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23, 2006.
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Mr. Couper attended Principia College and graduated 
from the University of Virginia in 1939, with a PhD in organic chemistry. During 
the 50s and 60s he worked as a DuPont chemist at Benger Laboratory, where his 
research was instrumental in the development of nylon, orlon and Lycra. Mr. 
Couper was a man of many enthusiasms and a love of life. In Waynesboro, he led a 
Great Books Discussion Group for 17 years, participated on the Community Concert 
Board, served as Chairman of the Waynesboro School Board, founded the Human 
Relations Council and was an active member of the Unitarian-Universalist 
Fellowship. An avid gardener, he donated his day lily collection to the 
community when he moved to Charlottesville. Known locally for his expertise in 
birds and wild mushroom identification, he also studied Italian and enjoyed 
ballroom dancing. He founded and led a poetry discussion group for twenty years.
During his 14 years at Westminster Canterbury, Mr. Couper was an active member 
on the Residents’ Committee, wrote for the community newsletter and served on 
the flower committee. From 2003 until 2006, he chaired the Library Committee, 
re-organizing and developing standards for the James Jessup Memorial Library at 
WCBR.
He was preceded in death by his son, Monroe Couper Jr., He is survived by his 
wife of 66 years, Elizabeth Bowden Couper, of Charlottesville, Virginia; a 
daughter, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, and her husband, Rainer Kuhlen, of Berlin, 
Germany; a son, Charles Couper and his wife, Diana Couper, of Brooklyn, New 
York; a daughter, Mary Lischer and her husband, Jeff Lischer, of Washington, DC; 
a daughter-in-law, Annie Couper, of South Orange, New Jersey; eight 
grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A service and reception to celebrate Monroe Couper's life will be held at 2:30 
p.m. Sunday, December 3, 2006, at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge, 250 
Pantops Mountain Road, Charlottesville, VA 22911.
Memorials may be made to the Waynesboro Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, 565 
Pine Street, Waynesboro, VA 22980.
Friends may sign the guest register at teaguefuneralhome.com



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