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In Memoriam: Fr. Patrick G. McCorry, December 19, 2019

Posted on January 08, 2020 in: News, Vocations

In Memoriam: Fr. Patrick G. McCorry, December 19, 2019

The Rev. Patrick G. McCorry passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2019 in Cromwell, Connecticut. He was 78.

Father McCorry graduated from American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts with a bachelors degree in Liberal Arts and was employed as a municipal bond analyst for Standard and Poors for 29 years. He later received his Master of Divinity from Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut and was ordained as a priest in 2001 in the Diocese of Norwich. He served in St. Sebastian's in Middletown and in St. Joseph's in Willimantic before retiring.

Surviving are his brother, George McCorry, and his sister in law, Dianne McCorry and her daughter, Kathleen McCorry. He was predeceased by his brother, Dennis McCorry as well as his parents, Patrick and Eleanor McCorry.
The funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday, December 20, 2019 in Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kearny. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery.

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