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Biography:
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Deceased: September 26, 2025
September 6, 1936 – September 26, 2025. (89 years old). Lifelong Rochesterian, Eagle Scout, MIT mechanical engineering
graduate, business owner, hobby livestock farmer, vegetable gardener, antique house restorer, church volunteer, sports fan and
most importantly, devoted husband and father, Henry Ruffner Couch, Jr. died on Friday, September 26, 2025, at age 89. He suffered
two strokes a year and a half earlier and several more mini strokes, followed by a slow decline until his death. Henry was a 1954
graduate of Brighton High School, then completed a post-graduate year at The Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ) before
entering Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the fall of 1955, where he later joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He met his
beloved wife to be, Sarah Ann Swan, at nearby Wellesley College. Hank and Ann dated throughout their 4 years of college and after
their 1959 graduations, they married in January of 1960 in New Orleans.
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