Zalewski Family Genealogy

Thomas Francis CORRIGAN, Sr[1, 2, 3]

Male 1926 - 2017  (90 years)


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  • Name Thomas Francis CORRIGAN 
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 27 Apr 1926  Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Jan 2017  Torch Lake, Houghton, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial 30 Jan 2017  Lake Linden, Houghton, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Address:
    Mount Calvary Cemetery 
    Person ID I295  Zalewski Family
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2017 

    Father Maurice Earl CORRIGAN,   b. 28 Dec 1898, Sanborn, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1990, Kingsford, Dickinson, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Agnes Katherine BRAATZ,   b. 4 Feb 1903, Mellen, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1998, Merrill, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 12 Apr 1923  Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jeanette Marilyn JOHNSON 
    Marriage 29 Apr 1950  Laurium, Houghton, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Thomas Corrigan and Family
    Family ID F230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Apr 1926 - Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Apr 1950 - Laurium, Houghton, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Mount Calvary Cemetery - 30 Jan 2017 - Lake Linden, Houghton, Michigan, United States
    Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Maurice & Agnes Corrigan
    Maurice & Agnes Corrigan
    Maurice & Agnes (Braatz) Corrigan Family

    Videos
    1940s Home Video
    1940s Home Video
    Old home movies from the 1940s of the Corrigan family (mainly descendants of Thomas & Emma Jane (Firmenich) Corrigan.) Includes video from the Ashland, Wisconsin area, Iron Mountain, Michigan area, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, among others.
    Mary Jane (Corrigan) Zalewski Memorial Video

  • Notes 
    • Twin to Mary Jane

    Died:
    • Bootjack: Thomas Francis Corrigan, Sr., 90, of Bootjack, passed away unexpectedly at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium on January 25, 2017 with his family by his side.
                    He was born on April 27, 1926 in Ashland, Wisconsin, a son of Maurice and Agnes Corrigan.  He attended schools in Kingsford, MI.
                      He Joined the Air Force in WWII, where he trained as an Air Traffic Controller.  He worked at the Houghton County Airport, retiring in 1981.
                      He was married to Jeanette Johnson at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Calumet on April 29, 1950.  He was a member of Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Lake Linden.
                      Thomas loved his family.  He always had a German shepherd by his side.  He was proud of his Irish heritage.
                      He was preceded in death by his parents, sister-Shirley, and twin sister-Jane.
                      He is survived by: his wife-Jeanette of Bootjack; 6 children-Thomas (Pat) of Chassell, Lawrence (Cecelia) of Bootjack, Michael (Nancy) of Bootjack, Edwin (Darlene) of Bootjack, Diane “Sissy” (Donald) Wareham of Tamarack, and Linda (Joe) Schneller of Bootjack; 16 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; sister-Pat Rogalla of Wausau, WI; a brother-George (Virginia) Corrigan of Florida; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
                      The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M. on Monday at Saint Joseph Church in Lake Linden with Fr. Joseph Boakye Yiadom to officiate.  Burial will be at the Mount Calvary Cemetery.  The Pearce Funeral Home in Lake Linden is assisting the family.
                      Online condolences may be left at pearcefuneralhome.com

  • Sources 
    1. [S189] 1930 US Census, Aurora, Florence Co., Wisconsin; 19-1; Sheet 11A; h.119 f.121; Thomas Corrigan; 3 March 2010.

    2. [S339] 1940 US Census, Kingsford, Dickinson, Michigan; 22-2A; Sheet 8A; Household 142; Thomas F Corrigan; 3 April 2012.

    3. [S373] Obituary, Generic, Thomas Francis Corrigan, Sr; 27 January 2017; Pearce Funeral Home, Lake Lindne, Michigan; http://www.pearcefuneralhome.com/obits/obituary.php?id=687585.