David Corcoran, 90

Feb. 28, 1930 —

Dec. 4, 2020

 

CRESCO - David M. Corcoran, age 90, of Cresco, Iowa, died on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, at the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco.

 A private family graveside service will be held at Marshall Lutheran Cemetery in Adams, Minn., with military rites accorded by the Cresco American Legion Post 135 and VFW Post 4561. Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home is assisting the family. Online condolences may be left at Hindtfuneralhomes.com.

David was born on Feb. 28, 1930, the son of John C. and Mildred (Boe) Corcoran, on his grandparents’ farm three-and-one-half miles south of Grand Meadow, Minn. He attended a one-room school south of Grand Meadow until first grade. His family moved to Dexter, Minn. in 1936, then to Taopi, Minn. in 1939, where he attended school. David went to school in Adams for two years. In December 1941, his family moved to Redwood Falls, Minn., where he attended school for three years. He graduated from eighth grade at Dexter and ninth in Elkton.

In 1946, his family moved back to Redwood Falls. David worked at a power plant there and for his father on the tow mill. He joined the Minnesota National Guard for one-and-a-half years before starting basic training with the U. S. Air Force on Jan. 9, 1951, in San Antonio, Texas. He had six months of training at the Sheppard AFB airplane and mechanic school. He was sent to England in 1951 and was stationed at Burtonwood AFB near Warrington, Cheshire, England. David met his future wife, Mary Gallagher, while stationed in England. The couple was married on March 7, 1953, at Holy Cross Church in Liverpool. They were sent back to the U.S. in 1954, and David began working for Central Iowa Telephone Co. in October of that year. They had two children, daughter Sharon and son Steven. He worked 17 years for the phone company as communication man, doing installation and maintenance. For the next 20 years, he was a switching systems technician, retiring in 1991.

David is survived by his daughter, Sharon Hanks of Forest City, Iowa; son, Steve Corcoran of Cresco; grandchildren, Nick (Emily) Hanks of Foley, Minn. and Casey (Sonja) Corcoran of Minneapolis, Minn.; great-grandchildren, Breckan, Natalie and Sydney; and siblings, Gene Corcoran of Brownsdale, Minn., Dorothy (Harlan) Mandler of St. Paul, Minn., John Corcoran of Wells, Minn. and Gary Corcoran of Austin, Minn.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary on April 15, 2003; and a brother, Danny Corcoran.