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November 1, 2024
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, November 4, 2024 from 4-8 PM. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 at the funeral home.
Elaine Mary Corcoran (nee Rubiski), age 83 of Pompton Lakes, NJ died on Friday, November 1, 2024 after a brief illness. She has lived in Pompton Lakes for fifty-six years.
Elaine grew up in Clifton, graduating from Clifton High School in 1958. It was here that she met William Corcoran and they were married in October of 1960. They first lived in Paterson before moving to Pompton Lakes in 1968. Together they enjoyed visiting the Jersey Shore, and playing the slots in Atlantic City. Bill was an easy-going, calm and mellow type of guy, who put up with Elaine’s shenanigans rather well for the thirty-seven years they were together. Sadly, he passed away in 1998 and Elaine has missed him ever since.
Elaine was always very proud to take care of her yard and landscaping. She loved tending to her flower garden, bushes, and lawn, keeping them all immaculate. She was also an excellent cook and loved to prepare big meals like Thanksgiving. Christmas was her favorite holiday, and she was notorious for spoiling everyone with an abundance of thoughtful gifts. Her grandchildren were often overwhelmed by the gifts they received on Christmas. Elaine was a doting grandmother and simply loved to spoil each of them as often as possible. Although she could be a bit stern and strict at times, they will fondly remember her as the Grandma who played video games into her eighties and had a never-ending supply of peanut M&M’s and potato chips. A few of them would tease her by calling her “Ellen” (which made her blood boil!), or simply “G-ma.”
Elaine had a huge heart, and she was particularly grateful to her stepfather, Barney Birch, for the care and love he brought into her life at a very critical time. Elaine had sadly lost her own father when she was just two years old, and Barney, who was her father’s best friend, married her mother. He was a wonderful father to her and Elaine often spoke about how grateful she was for him. Later in her adult life, Elaine was presented with an opportunity to do much the same for someone else. When her nephew, Michael Ward, lost his parents at twelve years old, and was living in foster care, Elaine and Bill chose to welcome him into their family. They raised him with love and care through some of the most challenging circumstances that a teenage boy could have faced. Michael didn’t make it easy for Elaine and Bill. He knows now that he would not be the man he is today without the compassion and grace that the Corcoran family showed him, and he is ever so grateful to Elaine for the sacrifices she made for his benefit.
Elaine is survived by her children, Donna Corcoran and her husband Rich DeBonte, their children, Matthew and Alexandra DeBonte; Kathleen Beatty and her husband Mark and their daughter Allison Beatty; William Corcoran and his wife Katie, and their children Kelly and Sarah Corcoran; and Michael Ward and his wife Loretta Houlis Ward, and their children, Michael Ward and his wife Lesley, Amanda Houlis, AnaMarie Houlis, Victoria Houlis and Theodore Houlis. Elaine had one great-grandson; Michael. She was predeceased by her husband William in 1998.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, November 4, 2024 from 4-8 PM. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 at the funeral home.
November 1, 2024
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, November 4, 2024 from 4-8 PM. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 at the funeral home.
Elaine Mary Corcoran (nee Rubiski), age 83 of Pompton Lakes, NJ died on Friday, November 1, 2024 after a brief illness. She has lived in Pompton Lakes for fifty-six years.
Elaine grew up in Clifton, graduating from Clifton High School in 1958. It was here that she met William Corcoran and they were married in October of 1960. They first lived in Paterson before moving to Pompton Lakes in 1968. Together they enjoyed visiting the Jersey Shore, and playing the slots in Atlantic City. Bill was an easy-going, calm and mellow type of guy, who put up with Elaine’s shenanigans rather well for the thirty-seven years they were together. Sadly, he passed away in 1998 and Elaine has missed him ever since.
Elaine was always very proud to take care of her yard and landscaping. She loved tending to her flower garden, bushes, and lawn, keeping them all immaculate. She was also an excellent cook and loved to prepare big meals like Thanksgiving. Christmas was her favorite holiday, and she was notorious for spoiling everyone with an abundance of thoughtful gifts. Her grandchildren were often overwhelmed by the gifts they received on Christmas. Elaine was a doting grandmother and simply loved to spoil each of them as often as possible. Although she could be a bit stern and strict at times, they will fondly remember her as the Grandma who played video games into her eighties and had a never-ending supply of peanut M&M’s and potato chips. A few of them would tease her by calling her “Ellen” (which made her blood boil!), or simply “G-ma.”
Elaine had a huge heart, and she was particularly grateful to her stepfather, Barney Birch, for the care and love he brought into her life at a very critical time. Elaine had sadly lost her own father when she was just two years old, and Barney, who was her father’s best friend, married her mother. He was a wonderful father to her and Elaine often spoke about how grateful she was for him. Later in her adult life, Elaine was presented with an opportunity to do much the same for someone else. When her nephew, Michael Ward, lost his parents at twelve years old, and was living in foster care, Elaine and Bill chose to welcome him into their family. They raised him with love and care through some of the most challenging circumstances that a teenage boy could have faced. Michael didn’t make it easy for Elaine and Bill. He knows now that he would not be the man he is today without the compassion and grace that the Corcoran family showed him, and he is ever so grateful to Elaine for the sacrifices she made for his benefit.
Elaine is survived by her children, Donna Corcoran and her husband Rich DeBonte, their children, Matthew and Alexandra DeBonte; Kathleen Beatty and her husband Mark and their daughter Allison Beatty; William Corcoran and his wife Katie, and their children Kelly and Sarah Corcoran; and Michael Ward and his wife Loretta Houlis Ward, and their children, Michael Ward and his wife Lesley, Amanda Houlis, AnaMarie Houlis, Victoria Houlis and Theodore Houlis. Elaine had one great-grandson; Michael. She was predeceased by her husband William in 1998.
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