Obituaries
Lawrence “Larry” Corcoran
Lawrence "Larry" Corcoran of Lancaster, PA died peacefully Sunday, February 10, 2013 surrounded by his family. He had been under a doctor’s care for coronary heart disease since 1977 when he underwent his first of three such bypass operations.
Larry was born in Boston, MA and raised in Rockland, MA, the son of the late Lawrence P. and Helen J. (Murphy) Corcoran. He was the husband of Donna M. (Hanley) Corcoran of Lancaster. He graduated from Rockland High School, Marianapolis Academy in Thompson, CT, and Brown University in Providence RI, majoring in Classics and Philosophy. Upon graduation he was commissioned a naval officer serving on the destroyer Dennis Buckley DDC808 as a gunnery officer and ASW officer.
Upon discharge he joined the sales department at Alcoa in its headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA. During the following 37 years with Alcoa he held many sales, sales management and marketing positions in Pittsburgh, Albany, NY,
East Orange, NJ, Richmond, VA, Lancaster, PA, New Canaan, CT, and Philadelphia, PA retiring in 1993 as Vice President of the Alcoa Recycling Company. During his Alcoa career he represented the company in many trade organizations in various industries and was the recipient of several awards for outstanding achievement and contributions to the growth of the company and industry.
He was a sports enthusiast, and loved following Penn State football. He excelled in basketball and baseball, and went on to Brown University where he played quarterback. He was a long time little league baseball coach in several cities, and gained the greatest satisfaction from coaching the "beginners".
He loved playing bridge and was an active member of ACBL, achieving the distinction of Silver Life Master in 2002. He also enjoyed golf and was a member of Bent Creek Country Club for 16 years. He was a member of St. John Neumann Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus, Richmond, VA.
Surviving in addition to his wife of 55 years, Donna are four sons, and one daughter: Kevin E. Corcoran of Lake Charles, LA, Jeffrey T. Corcoran and his wife Christine of Lancaster, PA, Thomas M. Corcoran and his wife Elizabeth of Mohnton, PA, Scott F. Corcoran and his wife Denise of Blandon, PA and Mary K. McClain and her husband David of Lancaster, PA. His family was his greatest delight and he loved his 10 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter with all his heart. He is also survived by a brother, George “Uncle Buddy” Corcoran and his wife Mary of Rockland, MA. A sister Elizabeth Ann Claudette preceded him in death.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 AM Thursday, February 14, 2013 at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 601 E. Delp Rd., Lancaster, PA with the Rev. Michael Letteer as Celebrant. Burial will follow in St. Joseph New Catholic Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at Charles F. Snyder, Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory, 3110 Lititz Pike, Lititz PA, and again one hour prior to the service on Thursday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice & Community Care, 685 Good Dr., PO Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17601. To place a condolence online, please visit SnyderFuneralHome.com. Charles F. Snyder, Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory 717-560-5100
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February 19, 2017
I’m so sorry and so saddened upon learning of Larry’s passing. He was such a kind and caring man. I’m sending my love and prayers to all of his family for their loss, and what a loss it is for everyone whose life he touched.
I worked with Larry during his time at Alcoa Recycling, he had just come onboard with our group as our new VP. He decided to travel to all the different territories to learn more about us and our roles, and picked the south as his first trip. I’m in Atlanta, GA and we meet for the first time at the Ft. Lauderdale, FL airport. We laughed as we walked towards each other after giving descriptions of what we each looked like. Our friendship started at that moment and changed in such a funny way after we both visited a Miami Landfill back in the 80’s. The manager wanted us to have the grand tour and that involved climbing a tall steel ladder to a platform to oversee the landfill. We just looked at each other, hard hats on, and lady’s first. I started to climb the ladder up to the top to the viewing platform, and Larry just looked up at me with a “might as well” look. We climbed to the platform to view the landfill, then all of a sudden the smelliest and nastiest odor hit both of us at the same time, just awful, and as working professionals, we just smiled at each other. Upon leaving we shook hands with the manager and waited until we were in the car on the way out of the lot, then we both just burst out laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes, it smelled so bad. This was his first recycling trip to a customers landfill and our first time meeting. We laughed over that trip every time we saw each other at Alcoa meetings. We hit it off immediately when we met because that’s the kind of person he was, just a great guy, with a great sense of humor who genuinely cared about people.
I left Alcoa Recycling in 1995 and lost touch with him. I will miss Larry, he always spoke of his family, his wife and children and how much you all meant to him… and he loved his grandchildren.
i will miss his sense of humor and his stories as well as how kind and wonderful he was to everyone he met.. Thinking of Larry will always bring a smile to my face, and a little chuckle over our meeting each other for the first time.
Linda Jordan, Atlanta, GA
Tom and Betsy,
Lisa and I wanted to offer our deepest sympathies at your dad’s passing.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your entire family.
Rick and Lisa Urbanowski
I am very sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. I knew Larry during my time at Alcoa’s Lancaster Works. However, as it happens often times in life, we lose contact. I remember accompanying Larry many times on visits to our customers’ locations; especially Boeing in Seattle. I have always enjoyed our many discussions. He will be missed.
Louis Crivaro Lancaster, PA
We extend our sympathy for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Louise and Skip Cernuto
Donna and Family –
Isabel and I are very saddened to learn of Larry’s death, He has been such a great friend, though regretfully at a long distance.
Donna, you and Larry were at our wedding in 1959 and we appreciated your long drive to get there. Such faithful friends are rare.
I have enjoyed swapping emails with you and Larry over many years. We loved Larry’s sense of humor. No one anywhere could come up with the same kind of humor.
Many people will miss Larry, he had so many friends everywhere. When I would mention Larry’s name in conversation with old friends, the first thing they would say was What a great guy he is!
We will certainly miss Larry.
Buddy and Isabel Brooks
Jeff and family,
I was so sorry to hear about your father’s passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time.
Joanne Gargano (Rhonda’s mother).
Tom & Betsy –
My heartfelt sympathy on the loss of your father. May his spirit stay alive in the loving and warm memories that will remain always in your hearts.
My thoughts are with you and your family. – Nina Basile
Dear Mrs.Corcoran,
So sorry for your loss. I just ran into Chriss at the parent teacher night at the High School and she had said that Mr. Corcoran wasn’t doing well.I became awhere of Mr. Corcorans passing late WED. or I would have certainly come to the viewing.I have to tell you your Husband was always so glad to see us kids from the past even when I was at your home for business. He treated us with respect and was genuinely concerned how we and our families were doing. HE will be greatly missed, but He is a Peace and has a healed body in Heaven with our Lord and Savior.
Peace, Strength and Gods Grace.
Sincerely, Phil Givler
