Gordon Cooper Wife Trudy Divorce
March 6 1927 october 4 2004 was an american aerospace engineer test pilot united states air force pilot and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in project mercury the first human space program of the united statescooper learned to fly as a child and after service in the united states marine corps during world war ii he was commissioned.
Gordon cooper wife trudy divorce. She took him back only when he begged her to think of their two children and. She agreed not wanting to deny herself or her daughters the experience of seeing their father go into space. Olson who had previously worked as a flight attendant was the only astronaut wife to have a pilots license.
And trudy cooper remained mum about the time she left her husband gordo after she had discovered he was screwing. Janita lee cooper 1950 2007 trudy was a daughter of elvin jennings olson margery frame nichols. Trudy was born in february 1929 in seattle.
Trudy cooper is the wife of gordo cooper though they eventually divorce. An enigmatic woman who was always conspicuously quiet with reporters trudy relied on her kittenish eyes to say im happily marriedthe truth was trudy didnt want anyone to find out her little secret. They had 2 daughters.
She was married on 29 aug 1947 in oahu county hawaii to leroy gordon cooper jr. Louise shepards husband alan was jumping into everyones bed but hers. As he watched her go his hopes of seeing the earth from a mercury capsule went with her almost.
Trudy cooper left her husband gordon for him being unfaithful months before project mercury had even been launched. Leroy gordon gordo cooper jr. Trudy coopergordo coopers wifetrudy was the only licensed pilot among the astronaut wives.
Olson because of their shared love for flying. The couple first met while studying at the university of hawaii and remained married for 24 years. Not long after gordon cooper retired from nasa and the usaf in 1970 he divorced trudy.
Others like gordon coopers wife trudy were pulled back in to convince nasa that life at home was peachy and drama free. Trudy was a daughter of elvin jennings olson margery frame nichols. Cooper met his first wife trudy b.
They remained married till coopers death. Cooper got married to suzan taylor in 1972 a year after his divorce with his first wife. Gordon cooper was married twice.
Dekes wife marge had to hide the fact that she was a divorcee from the press. Understanding what a scandal would mean for himself and the astronaut program he convinced trudy to pretend that they were happily married.