Arthur LaRue Couch

Brief Life History of Arthur LaRue

When Arthur LaRue Couch was born on 13 February 1919, in Phillipsburg, Phillips, Kansas, United States, his father, Moody S Couch, was 41 and his mother, Laura Lee Leffler, was 38. He married Darlene Belle Veeh on 18 February 1940, in Phillipsburg, Phillips, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Phillipsburg Township, Phillips, Kansas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 6 April 2001, in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Phillips, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur LaRue Couch
1919–2001
Darlene Belle Veeh
1922–1995
Marriage: 18 February 1940
Carman Couch
1942–
Carol Couch
1943–
Darlene Couch
1948–

Sources (13)

  • Arthur L Couch, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Arthur L Couch, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
  • Arthur Couch, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag

The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Cornwall and Devon): nickname from Middle English couch(e) ‘hump, hunch’, used for a hunchback. In Cornwall and Devon it is usually pronounced as Cooch.

English (Cornwall and Devon): variant of Gooch .

English (Cornwall and Devon): from Middle English coche, couche ‘bed, couch, tablecloth’ (Old French couche, culche). It could have been a metonymic occupational name for someone who made such items or a nickname for a lazy individual. Alternatively, it could have been applied to someone who produced couchwork, a luxurious embroidery in which gold or silver thread and jewels were sewn into satin or silk robes.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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