Dorothy Ellen DeBrun Corrigan Obituary (1947 - 2021)

Dorothy Ellen DeBrun Corrigan, 73, of Moss Bluff, LA, formerly of Pana, passed away on Friday, October 29, 2021 in Louisiana. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, November 5, 2021 in Calvary Cemetery, Pana with Rev. Rodney A Schwartz officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday from 12:00-2:30 p.m. in McCracken-Dean Funeral Home. For those who may be unable to attend the services for Dorothy, the family will be meeting at Arpeggio Winery, Pana, following the graveside service for a continued time of sharing memories. Dorothy was born in Pana in 1947. She grew up in many different places as her father was a career Army man. She often commented on what a wonderful life it was meeting new people and seeing new places. It affected her later in life as a wanderlust for the new and unusual. Her favorite place being Ireland. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Corrigan; her parents, Danny & Sally DeBrun; three infant brothers, Danny, James & John; and many aunts & uncles. Dorothy devoted her life to surgical technology, working first as a staff tech, then a surgical technology instructor and program director, the Director of Professional Development for the Association of Surgical Technology, and finally as Director of Surgery. She was very active in both the Association of Surgical Technology, as a member and national president, and the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting, as a certified surgical technologist, national board member, and interim CEO. Dorothy is survived by her children, Heather Hoffman (Tom), Michael Corrigan (Jamie), and Nicholas Corrigan (Diana); and five grandchildren: Anthony, Danny, Kenzie, Addison & Micah Corrigan. Other survivors include her brother, Thomas DeBrun (Nancy); four nieces & nephews; and several grand nieces & nephews. In addition, Dorothy is survived by many lifelong friends. "The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of this world is not to have and hold but to give and serve." Sir Wilfred Grenfell. My highest calling is to serve.