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Patricia A. Corcoran
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Patricia A. Corcoran

January 16, 1934 - February 23, 2021

Patricia A. (Moore) Corcoran, 87, a resident of North Andover died peacefully at the Holy Family Hospital in Methuen on February 23, 2021. She was born in Methuen on January 16, 1934 to William and Ann (McParland) Moore. Educated in Methuen Schools a graduate of Searles High School in Methuen she went to Laboure College in Milton mass receiving her nursing degree. She went to Boston College and received a Bachelors Degree in Nursing Science, and then in later years she received her Masters Degree in Special Education from Fitchburg State for children with moderate to severe, both physical and mental needs with in educational settings. She started her nursing career at the Bon Secours Hospital in Methuen, and also taught Nursing at the Lawrence General School of Nursing in Lawrence. She worked as a Teacher in the Andover Public Schools she was an integral part for the special education for that time. She worked as a Special Needs Teacher with children that had been severely challenged both with physical and mental needs known to everyone as "Big Wheels" in the Andover Schools Systems. She leaves her loving husband of 56 years Walter Corcoran, and her son Michael Corcoran both of North Andover, MA. A funeral mass will be celebrated in her name on Monday, March 1, 2021 at 11:30AM in St. Michael Church, 196 Main St. North Andover. A burial will follow in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Friends and family are invited to visit Monday, March 1, 2021 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM at the John Breen Memorial Funeral Home Inc. 35 Merrimack St. North Andover, MA, 01841. For more information or to send an online condolence please visit our website at: www.breenfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers memorials can be donated in her name at the Monastery of St. Clare, 445 River Road, Andover, MA, 01810-4213.

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Patricia A. (Moore) Corcoran, 87, a resident of North Andover died peacefully at the Holy Family Hospital in Methuen on February 23, 2021. She was born in Methuen on January 16, 1934 to William and Ann (McParland) Moore. Educated in Methuen... View Obituary & Service Information

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