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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Wallace
Corbett
July 8, 1931 – March 16, 2015
Obituary
William Wallace Corbett, Jr., age 83 of Holy Cross, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at his residence.
He was born July 8, 1931 in Holy Cross. He retired from General Electric after 35 years of service. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War and a Kentucky Colonel.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Wray "Peggy" Lyvers Corbett; his parents, William Wallace Corbett, Sr. and the former Anna Florence Downs; five sisters, Elvadine Newton, Georgia Green, Bernadette Nalley, Mary Alice McBelli and Appalonia Wimsatt; four brothers, Clyde, Henry, Herbert and Carmen Corbett.
Survivors include three daughters, Wahseka Elliott (Bobby) of Riverview, FL, Nona Bukszar (Bruce) and Nancy Harper (Mark) all of Louisville; three sons, Mike Corbett (Doretha) of Birmingham, AL, Wallace Corbett (Diane) of Lexington and Doug Corbett (Jane) of Holy Cross; 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; one sister, Bertie Ann Schoen of Duneden, FL; one brother, Newman Corbett (Ann) of Louisville.
A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 AM Friday, March 20, 2015 at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 3560 N. Saint Francis Road, Loretto. The Rev. Bill Bowling will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery where military rites will be conducted by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard.
Visitation will be 3-8 PM Thursday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 PM by the Rev. Deacon Joseph R. Dant.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may go to the Holy Cross Cemetery Fund, 7945 Loretto Road, Loretto, KY 40037.
Pallbearers are grandsons, Will Corbett, Michael Corbett, Zac Corbett, Mark Corbett, Brandon Muccigrosso, Nicholas Muccigrosso and Spencer Harper.
He was born July 8, 1931 in Holy Cross. He retired from General Electric after 35 years of service. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War and a Kentucky Colonel.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Wray "Peggy" Lyvers Corbett; his parents, William Wallace Corbett, Sr. and the former Anna Florence Downs; five sisters, Elvadine Newton, Georgia Green, Bernadette Nalley, Mary Alice McBelli and Appalonia Wimsatt; four brothers, Clyde, Henry, Herbert and Carmen Corbett.
Survivors include three daughters, Wahseka Elliott (Bobby) of Riverview, FL, Nona Bukszar (Bruce) and Nancy Harper (Mark) all of Louisville; three sons, Mike Corbett (Doretha) of Birmingham, AL, Wallace Corbett (Diane) of Lexington and Doug Corbett (Jane) of Holy Cross; 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; one sister, Bertie Ann Schoen of Duneden, FL; one brother, Newman Corbett (Ann) of Louisville.
A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 AM Friday, March 20, 2015 at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 3560 N. Saint Francis Road, Loretto. The Rev. Bill Bowling will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery where military rites will be conducted by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard.
Visitation will be 3-8 PM Thursday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 PM by the Rev. Deacon Joseph R. Dant.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may go to the Holy Cross Cemetery Fund, 7945 Loretto Road, Loretto, KY 40037.
Pallbearers are grandsons, Will Corbett, Michael Corbett, Zac Corbett, Mark Corbett, Brandon Muccigrosso, Nicholas Muccigrosso and Spencer Harper.
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