Mary Josephine Corcoran

2021, at Sunrise of Lynn Valley in North Vancouver. She was born in Carracastle, Co.

Roscommon, Ireland, and was one of nine children. She studied Nursing at the Mater

Misericordiae University Hospital, in Dublin, Ireland where she met the love of her life

Dr. Timothy V. Corcoran. She married Timothy in Dublin, Ireland.

The two set out on their new life together as doctor and nurse, husband and wife, and

emigrated to Canada in 1955. They first arrived in Newfoundland, Canada where they

worked together and discovered the fierce winters of Canada. They later moved to the

town of Fox Valley Saskatchewan and ran one the first clinics under

Saskatchewan's universal healthcare pilot program: a program that was adopted later

nationwide in later years.

Mary and Timothy moved to Calgary, Alberta. Timothy worked for Veterans Affairs

Canada and, they had two children: Timothy John Corcoran and Louise Ann Corcoran.

Mary devoted her time to stay home and care for her children and had many close

friends in Calgary, Alberta.

In 1980, Mary and Timothy moved to Victoria, B.C. to work for Veterans Affairs and the

family continued to grow up on Vancouver Island. Sadly, Mary’s husband died suddenly

in 1990 and she continued to live on the island, before moving to North Vancouver to be

close to her daughter and family.

Mary is survived by her son Timothy J. Corcoran of Calgary, Alberta and his wife Larissa

Silkin, her daughter Louise Ann Corcoran and her husband Kevin Collier and all five of

her grandchildren, Maeve and Ava ,Catherine, Declan and Fiona .

Funeral mass will be held at St. Antony’s Parish, West Vancouver on March 12, 2021 at

1:00 p.m. and she will be laid to rest beside her husband Tim in Victoria, BC at Hatley

Memorial Gardens.

Special Thanks to Dr. Debra Van Aggelen, Dr. Dana Haaf, and Sunrise Lynn Valley and

all their staff and to Father Gary Franken.

May she rest in peace.