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Death

Plain Dealer and Republican -- 1 January 1925
APOPLEXY IS FATAL TO THOMAS CORCORAN
Was Stricken While Visiting Relatives at Norwood
Funeral Held Here, Wednesday
Thomas Corcoran, sixty-six years old, died suddenly of apoplexy, Sunday morning, December 28th, while visiting relatives at Norwood, Ohio. The body was brought to this city Monday and taken to his home. Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s Church, Wednesday morning, conducted by the Rev. A. J. Sprigler. The burial took place in the City Cemetery.
Mr. Corcoran, in company with his wife spent Christmas at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Purkheiser, at Norwood, and they were remaining for the holidays. Sunday morning Mr. Corcoran went to church and it was while on his way home that he was stricken and would have fallen in the street but for a couple of young men who went to his assistance and carried him into a nearby house. The sick man was a stranger to the people of the house where he was taken, but they hastily summoned a doctor and finding in his pocket the identification card of the Knights of Columbus they summoned a Catholic priest, who attended him. Officers and members of the Knights of Columbus ----?----- -----?----were notified, responded and as the man was unconscious, but still living, he was taken to a hospital.
After he was removed to the hospital, a neighbor recalled that the stranger was a guest at the Purkheiser home and the sad news was taken to Mrs. Corcoran. Mr. Purkheiser was with members of the Masonic Lodge, who were attending church services in a body. The word of Mr. Corcoran’s condition was brought to him at the church and a number of his brother Masons accompanied him to his home and united their efforts with those of the Knights of Columbus in giving assistance and consolation to the members of the family. Mr. Corcoran lived but a short time after he was stricken.
Thomas Corcoran was a man of sterling character and kind disposition. His friends were legion. He was a devout member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church, a member of the local councin Knights of Columbus, and a member of the local Union No. 72., American Flint Glass Workers Union.
Besides his wife he is survived by one son, John Corcoran of Indianapolis and by one daughter, Mrs. Guy Millian of Detroit, Mich. He had no grandchildren of his own but he lavished much love on the grand-children of his wife and in turn was beloved by them.