http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 19 March 2011 Obituary of Theodore H. Coogan SR ____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from the "New York Times" [NY], 30 OCT 1983, PAGE 44): COOGAN - Theodore H. Sr. of Ridgefield, CT, died on Thursday, October 27th, age 74. Survived by wife, Mary Louise (nee Frank). Also survived by a son Theodore Jr. of Willimantic, CT, two daughters, Joan C. Robertson of Marblehead, MA and Emily C. Bennett of Richmond, VA, his mother Dorothea (nee Potter) of N.Y.C. Also survived by three brothers, four sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral mass Monday morning 10 AM St. Marys R.C. Church, Ridgefield. Interment will follow. Visiting hours at the Kane Funeral Home, 41 Catoonah Street, Ridgefield, CT Sunday 2-4 and 7-9. Contributions to the District Nursing Association of Ridgefield or to one's favorite charity would be appreciated. ____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from the "Ridgefield Press" [CT], 03 NOV 1983, PAGE 2): THEODORE H. COOGAN, VETERAN FINANCIER, SUDDENLY AT AGE 74 Ridgefield paid its final tribute Monday to Theodore Havemeyer Coogan, town official and distinguished citizen. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated before a capacity congregation by the Rev. Charles Stubs, pastor, in St. Mary's Church. First Selectman Elizabeth Leonard and State Representative Martha Rothman, together with Edward DeLisle and Richard Dingee, in uniform and representing the police and fire departments were honorary pallbearers. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery. The town hall was draped in black and the flag was at half staff in memory of Mr. Coogan, a member of the Board of Finance for 27 years. Earlier this year, a similar official tribute had been paid to Former Selectman Julius Tulipani. Mr. Coogan died suddenly last Thursday, Oct. 27, at Norwalk Hospital, to which he had been taken earlier that morning. He was 74, the husband of Mary Louise (Marisa) Frank Coogan with whom he had made his home for many years at 13 Whipstick Road. Mr. Coogan was born in Newport, R.I. Aug. 28, 1909, a son of Dorothea Potter Coogan of New York City and of the late William Gordon Coogan. His father, who died in 1969, was a onetime part owner of the Polo Grounds in New York and was an early aide and close friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr. Coogan's paternal grandfather was James J. Coogan, once candidate for mayor of New York and the first Borough President of Manhattan after consolidation of the five boroughs of the city in 1898. His maternal grandmother was Theodore A. Havemeyer, founder of the American Sugar Refining Company. Mr. Coogan was a member of the Harvard College Class of 1933 and for half a century devoted himself to real estate as a broker and consultant, with offices in New York City and Ridgefield. He belonged to the Real Estate Boards of Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York and the Ridgefield Board of Realtors. During World War II he served in North Africa and Italy. He was a member of the Army Reserves until his retirement with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He belonged to the Retired Officers Association and to the Profile Club of Franconia, N.H. Mr. Coogan, a Republican, was first appointed to the Ridgefield Board of Finance in 1955 during the first administration of First Selectman Leo F. Carroll. He continued in office to the present under four succeeding chief executives. In all his years as a public servant, Mr. Coogan took a leading role in town affairs, not only the financial ones. He was outspoken on such matters as the town's schools and building projects, the library's expansion, candidates for office and political goings-on. He expressed his opinions forcefully, not only at town meetings and other public gatherings, but in frequent and forceful letters to The Press. In many of these, such as his support of Democrat Louis Fossi for first selectman and subsequently of Elizabeth Leonard, he was joined by Mrs. Coogan. Besides his wife and his mother, Mr. Coogan is survived by a son, Theodore H. Coogan Jr. of Willimatic; two daughters, Joan C. Robertson of Marblehead, Mass. and Emily C. Bennett of Richmond, Va.; three brothers, Richard C.P. Coogan of Studio City, Cal., Jay Gardiner Coogan of Westminster, Cal. and David Gordon Coogan of Boonton, N.J.; four sisters, Emily M. Fatzler of Red Bank, N.J., Dorothea C. Jesser of Ridgewood, N.J., Nina C.P. Ippolito of East Norwalk, and Patricia C. Lindsley of New York City; and two grand- children, Sandra J. and Joan C.P. Robertson. Memorial contributions may be made to the District Nusing [sic] Association of Ridgefield or to one's favorite charity. The Kane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. http://news.google.com http://acorn-online.net/acornonline/obits/onindex.htm ____________________________________________________________________