Joseph Wood Coutret

b. 29 July 1927, d. 14 July 2005
  • Joseph Wood Coutret was born on 29 July 1927 in Texas.
  • He was known as Joe Wood.
  • Alexander Jospeh Coutret Jr. and Pauline Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Itasca, Hill County, Texas, at 222 North Street. Other members of the household included Joseph Wood Coutret, Alex Griffin Coutret.
  • Alexander Jospeh Coutret Jr. and Pauline Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Itasca, Hill County, Texas, at East North. Other members of the household included Joseph Wood Coutret, Alex Griffin Coutret.
  • He officially witnessed the death of Alexander Jospeh Coutret Jr. on 12 January 1966 at Grant Buie Medical Center in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas.
  • The SSDI lists New York, New York County, New York, as the last residence of record of Joseph Wood Coutret.
  • Joseph Wood Coutret died on 14 July 2005 at age 77.
  • He was interred.
  • The following appeared on November 2005 in the American Federation of Musicians publication Allegro: Joseph W. Coutret, 77, an organist and an 802 member since 1953, died on July 14. Mr. Coutret retired in 2002 from First Presbyterian Church in Englewood, N.J., where he had served as organist and choirmaster since 1957. He was organist for Temple Sinai of Bergen County in Tenafly, N.J. from 1961 to 1988. He attended Baylor University and the Union Theological Seminary School of Sacred Music. He is survived by three nieces, one nephew and three great-nieces. Donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 150 E. Palisade Avenue, Englewood, NJ 07631.
  • Last Edited: 6 Sep 2014