Ralph Griswold COOPER

1904 - 1986  (82 years)

• Name	Ralph Griswold COOPER
  Birth	16 Apr 1904	Winsted, Litchfield, CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jun 1986
  Person ID	I1218	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Wilbur Watson COOPER,   b. 10 Aug 1870, Colebrook, Litchfield, CT d. 27 Mar 1940 (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Alice GRISWOLD
  Marriage	16 Apr 1898
  Family ID	F504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy BRUCE
  Marriage	29 May 1931
  Family ID	F506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Ralph Griswold Cooper (16 Apr. 1904 Winsted, Litchfield, CT -- 22 June 1986), per Donald George Goetz, 31 Mar. 2002 Ralph Cooper (16 Apr. 1904 - June 1986 NJ); Soc. Sec. No. 045-38-9767, issued CT; late residence, Ridgewood, NJ 07450; last payment location Oldsmar, FL 33557, per Social Security Death Index posted on Genealogy.com Ralph G. Cooper, son (listed with parents), male, white, 15 years of age, single, born CT, father born CT, mother born NY, no occupation, per 1920 federal census (2 Jan. 1920) Colebrook, Litchfield, CT, District 189, Sheet 1A Ralph married Dorothy Bruce ( - ), 29 May 1931, per Donald George Goetz, 31 Mar. 2002 Ralph married Dorothy Bruce (28 Dec. 1907 Bridgeport, CT -- 20 Nov. 1997 St. Joseph Senior Community, Manhattan, KS; cremated), daughter of Arthur A. Bruce and Ruth Glazier, 29 May 1931, per obituary of Dorothy Bruce Cooper, The Register Citizen, Friday, 21 Nov. 1997 Obituary of Dorothy Bruce Cooper, from The Register Citizen, Friday, 21 Nov. 1997: "Dorothy Cooper MANHATTEN, Kan.---Dorothy Bruce Cooper, 89, of Manhattan, Kan., died Thursday, Nov. 20, at the St. Joseph Senior Community in Manhattan. She was the wife of the late Ralph G. Cooper, whom she married May 29, 1931. Born Dec.28, 1907, in Bridgeport, she was the daughter of Arthur A. and Ruth Glazier Bruce. She was a graduate of Weaver High School in hartford and the Boston School of Domestic Science, and attended the University of Connecticut. She lived most of her life in Connecticut and moved to Kansas in 1991. A homemaker while her children were young, she later worked for the Hitchcock Chair Company in Riverton and the Keratene Company in Winsted. She was a member of the Colebrook Congregational Church, Past matron of the Victory Grange, the Colebrook Associates, the Colebrook Historical Society, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also a Past Worthy Matron for the Magnolia Lodge of the O.E.S. in Winsted. Sheis survived by one daughter, Mary G. Falcone of Wethersfield; two sons, Peter B. Cooper of Manhattan, Kan., and David G. Cooper of New York City; one sister, Marion Weltman of Oldsmar, Fla.; one brother, wilbert Swift of Narbeth, Pa.; and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother, Spencer Bruce. Cremation is planned, with memorial servicesto be at a later date in Colebrook. The Edwards-Yorgensen-Meloan Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, Kan. 66502,is in charge of arrangements."