Corinne Frances Lyons' Obituary
Born on June 3, 1952, to Grace and Stanley Ignatowski, Corinne Frances Lyons, of Georgetown, Delaware, passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 10, 2024, surrounded by her loving family at the age of 71 after enduring a multi-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Chip, her children Doug (Carleigh) and Shannon (Tom), grandchildren Travis (Erika), Tyler, Ashleigh, Aidan, and Alexandra, and great grandchildren Ayden and Grayson.
Having graduated as salutatorian of the St Hedwig High School class of 1970, Corinne worked in Wilmington and then Philadelphia as an office manager and IT specialist for Massachusetts Mutual, and after moving from New Castle, Delaware to the Florida Keys, she became a partner/owner of Boondocks Bar and Grille on Ramrod Key and also worked as a graphics specialist and editor for the Key West Citizen newspaper.
Corinne subsequently traveled around the world with Chip where they lived at various times in Singapore, Japan, China, and Brazil and also visited Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Tahiti. As a consequence of her time in Brazil, Corinne learned to speak conversational, bordering fluent, Portuguese. Corinne was an avid reader of history, was politically active and a passionate advocate for social justice. Corinne actively supported voter registration efforts and was also directly involved in data collection for the 2010 United States Census in the Florida Keys. Corinne also greatly enjoyed boating and loved animals.
She will be deeply missed by her family and all who knew her, including the adoring fish and nurse sharks in the canal next to her Little Torch Key home which she referred to as her other children and which she fed almost daily for the better part of the past 20 years.
Corinne’s life will be celebrated during a memorial service on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at 2:00pm at the Atkins-Lodge Chapel, Parsell Funeral Home, at 16961 Kings Hwy, Lewes, DE 19958.
All unable to attend the services, are invited to join the service via livestreaming by visiting the following link: http://www.parsellfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/permalink/11354578/LTWebcast
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America or Mote Marine Laboratory for coral reef restoration.
Please Sign Corrine's Tribute page located on this website.
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