Jeanne-Ann (Skinner) Corbin, 68, wife of Ernest E. Corbin of Bayview
Road, Ipswich, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 in the Country Manor
Rehabilitation Center in Newburyport, following her long illness.
Born in Boston May 29, 1941, the daughter of Frederick A. Skinner of
Rowley and the late Barbara J. (Roche) Skinner, she was raised in
Saco, Maine. She was a graduate of the
Thornton
Academy in Saco and a 1964 graduate of
Northeastern
University. For several years she taught elementary school in the
Lynn public school system, later working as an elementary teacher in
Rowley before working as a special education teacher in
Ipswich.
She enjoyed watching her children participating in sports and
theatre, watching professional sports with her family, and home
gardening. She will be remembered as a dedicated teacher, mother and
wife. She was a member of the former St. Stanislaus Parish, the
Sacred Heart Parish and currently Our Lady of Hope Church in
Ipswich.
In addition to her husband of forty-three years she is survived by
two sons, Christopher Corbin of Somersworth, NH and Andrew Corbin
and his fiancée’ Kim, both of Boston; a daughter, Laurie Ann
Prescott and her husband Bernard of Florida; two grandchildren,
Riley Corbin of New Hampshire and Quinn Corbin of Boston, and a
brother, Richard C. Skinner of Rowley.
Her funeral will be held Saturday October 24, 2009 8 am from the
Whittier-Porter Funeral Home, 6 High Street, Ipswich followed by a
Funeral Mass 9 am in Our Lady of Hope Church, Linebrook Road,
Ipswich. Visiting hours are Friday October 23 from 5 to 8 pm. In
lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her name may be made to
the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, 706 Haddonfield Road,
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002.
