John Dalton COUIG, Jr.

1927 - 2018  (90 years)

• Name	John Dalton COUIG
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	10 Jul 1927
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 May 2018	Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [1]
  Burial	Saint Anns Cemetery, Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [2]
  Siblings	1 brother and 3 sisters
  + 1. John Dalton COUIG, Jr.,   b. 10 Jul 1927   d. 12 May 2018, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts  (Age 90 years)   2. Ann M. COUIG,   b. 10 Jun 1930, New York, New York d. 2 Jul 2002, White Plains, Westchester, New York  (Age 72 years)   3. Donald B. COUIG,   b. 11 Jun 1934   d. 1 Oct 1966  (Age 32 years)   4. Joan C. COUIG,   b. 23 May 1937, Manhattan, New York, New York  (Age 87 years)   5. Dorothy Mary COUIG,   b. 29 Jul 1939, White Plains, Westchester, New York d. 4 Sep 1999  (Age 60 years)
  Person ID	I14692	bmds
  Last Modified	15 May 2020

  
  

  Father	John Dalton COUIG,   b. 5 Dec 1894, Massachusetts d. 19 Dec 1964, Scardsale, Westchester, New York (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Dorothy BRASSIL,   b. 16 Mar 1899, Brooklyn, New York, New York d. Sep 1974, Scarsdale, Westchester, New York (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F5998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Patricia Mae BRUMGARD,   b. 25 Jul 1929, Cerro Gordo, Iowa d. 17 Apr 1995, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1953	New York   [3]
  Age at Marriage	John : 25 years old | Patricia : 23 years old.
  Children	+ 1. John Dalton COUIG, III,   b. 27 Sep 1957 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F5992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - Mar 1953 - New York Death - 12 May 2018 - Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Burial - - Saint Anns Cemetery, Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S4] Obituary. J. Dalton Couig, Jr., 90, a resident of Pittsfield, Massachusetts since 1965, passed away on Saturday, May 12, with family at his bedside, at Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The cause of death was a heart attack and congestive heart failure.  The son of the late John "Jack" Dalton Couig, Sr. and Dorothy Brassil Couig, he graduated from Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY in 1945, enlisted in the United States Army and served as a private until 1946. He held degrees from the University of Virginia and Pepperdine University.  Working as a chemist at the start of his career, he then moved into computers and telecommunications. He retired from Hughes Aircraft Corporation in 1987.  His wife of 40 years, Patricia Mae Brumgard Couig, predeceased him in 1995.  He leaves behind seven children: Mary Pat Couig (Merton Smith) of Chevy Chase, MD; John D. Couig III (Susan Skelding Couig) of Redondo Beach, CA; Christopher D. Couig and Catherine P. Couig of Pittsfield, MA; Lisa M. Couig of Dalton, MA; Caroline E. Couig (Bradley E. Clift) of Wethersfield, CT and Stephen P. Couig (Iovanna Lopez Couig) of Irvine, CA. He leaves 9 grandchildren; Vince and Madeline Smith; Chase, Cooper and Logan Couig; Beckett John Couig Brzezinski; Spencer, Czarina and Sebastian Couig and step- grandson Spencer J. Clift. He also leaves a brother, Donald Couig (Linda) of Greenwich, CT and a sister Joan Couig Armstrong (Robert) of Talbott, TN.  Calling hours will be Wednesday, June 20, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Wellington Funeral Home, 220 East Street, Pittsfield, MA. A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, June 21 at 11:00 AM at St. Ann’s Church, 134 Main St, Lenox, MA. Father Christopher Malatesta from St. Agnes in Dalton will be the officiant. Interment will follow at St. Ann’s Cemetery, 1 Ore Bed Rd, Lenox, MA. After the interment, a reception will take place at St. Ann’s Family Center. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials may be made "In Memory of J. Dalton Couig, Jr." to Soldier On, Pittsfield Housing Unit (https://www.wesoldieron.org/permanenthousingdevelopments ); the Virginia Athletic Foundation, Friends of Men’s Lacrosse (http://virginiaathleticsfoundation.com ); or to the Pittsfield Irish Sister City Committee Exchange Programs, c/o Anne Gagnon, President, Pittsfield Irish Sister City Committee, 59 Oak Hill Road, Pittsfield, Ma 01201. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Mr. J. Dalton Couig Jr. please visit our Sympathy Store. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 190374629. Son of John "Jack" Dalton, Couig, Sr. and Dorothy Brassil Couig, United States Army Veteran. [S2] Newspaper. Couig — Brumgard The engagement of Miss Patricia Mae Brumgard to J. Dalton Couig Jr., son of Mr. and MRs. Couig of 35 Graham Road, Scarsdale, has been announced by the bride-elect’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Donald Brumgard of San Fernando, Calif., and Washington, D. C. Miss Brumgard was graduated from Valley Junior College and attended the University of California. She is with United Air Lines in New York as a flight stewardess. Mr. Couig is a graduate of the University of Virginia where he was elected to Phi Delta Theta. He is with the Shell Chemical Corporation in Newark, N. J. — The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, N. Y.) Monday, March 16, 1953.