Anthony Wayne Corcoran

anthony corcoran
Anthony Wayne Corcoran Jr., 83, passed away on February 7, 2015 at Hunt Nursing Home in Danvers, MA. Born in New York City on January 9, 1932, Wayne was the son of the late Anthony W. and Julia S. (Ryan) Corcoran. He was a professor of accounting and applied mathematics, and authored textbooks that were published in this country, Japan and Mexico. He taught at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the University of the Virgin Islands, and elsewhere. He enjoyed golf, tennis, ping pong and Italian opera. Wayne is survived by three sons (Matthew Corcoran and his wife Martha Jane of Leverett, MA, Michael Corcoran of Santa Cruz, CA, and Robert Corcoran and his husband Frederick Woodland, Jr. of Wenham), five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by a son Thomas. His funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 13, 2015 at C. R. Lyons & Sons, Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers. Visitation will be held prior to the service on Friday from 10-10:45AM in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in Wayne’s name to a charity of one’s choice.

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