Coupe, Walter A.
Walter A. Coupe passed away on June 9, 2017 at home with his children in Stamford, Connecticut. The cause of death was complications from dementia. He was 90.Born in the Bronx to Thomas and Anne Coupe, the youngest of six children, Walter went to Cardinal Hayes High School and served in the US Navy during World War II. He earned his Bachelors and two Masters Degrees from Fordham University, and eventually became the first male elementary school teacher in the Mamaroneck Public Schools, where he taught fourth, fifth and sixth grades at Chatsworth Avenue School and Murray Avenue School. He was assistant principal at Mamaroneck Avenue School, and finally principal at Murray Avenue School. Walter wed Joan Brett in 1951, and they were married until her passing, from cancer, in 1998 at the age of 67.
Walter is survived by his sons Kevin (and his wife Laura), Brendan (Inga), Tim (Kim VanCamp), and daughters: Deirdre Hopkins, Amy (Suann Ingle) and Clare (Mark Scott) as well as thirteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. His daughter Debbie Coupe Rios (Angel) passed away in 2014.Walter was remarried, in 2005, to Kathleen Sullivan, who predeceased him.
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