Trudy Cooper Wife Of Gordon Cooper Astronaut
Cooper met his first wife trudy b.
Trudy cooper wife of gordon cooper astronaut. Her husband said everything he. Gordon cooper was married twice. Others like gordon coopers wife trudy were.
They were married on august 29 1947 in honolulu when both were 20 years old. She was married on 29 aug 1947 in oahu county hawaii to leroy gordon cooper jr. She was active in flying and would later become the only wife of a mercury astronaut to have a private pilot license.
There he met his first wife trudy b. Janita lee cooper 1950 2007 read more. They remained married till coopers death.
In real life trudy cooper was married to astronaut gordon cooper. They had two daughters. Trudy was a daughter of elvin jennings olson margery frame nichols.
Trudy was born in february 1929 in seattle. Olson who had previously worked as a flight attendant was the only astronaut wife to have a pilots license. Trudy was the only licensed pilot among the astronaut wives.
Trudy cooper is the wife of gordo cooper though they eventually divorce. The truth was trudy didnt want anyone to find out her little secret. Some like annie were already used to the job.
She was a pilot. The couple first met while studying at the university of hawaii and remained married for 24 years. Cooper got married to suzan taylor in 1972 a year after his divorce with his first wife.
But trudy was different from the rest of the members of the astronaut wives club. An enigmatic woman who was always conspicuously quiet with reporters trudy relied on her kittenish eyes to say im happily married. They had 2 daughters.
The right stuff features each astronaut of the mercury 7 and the wives and families they left behind. Olson because of their shared love for flying. Trudy coopergordo coopers wife.