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John Corbeil Obituary
Artist, age 90, passed away in the arms of his loving family July 24, 2011 in McCall, Idaho. Brave, noble and strong-willed to his last breath, John gave his family a treasured life and healing death. Naval officer, professor and family patriarch, John exemplified love, courage, creativity, honor, humor, loyalty and tenacity. Beloved by his large family and thousands of students, his influence is immeasurable and he will never be forgotten. Condolences may be left at www.johncorbeil.com.
~"Creativity is the bi-association of two seemingly incompatible ideas. If you don't improvise, you will never be an artist."~ John Corbeil
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Memories and Condolences
for John Corbeil
August 9, 2011
Dear Corbeil Family, I have known your father for over 40 years and through him met you Robin whom I am proud to call a soul sister and Michael Federson who holds a very special part of my heart but it is you Mr. Corbeil who I am truly blessed to have met. The only reason I took your class was because I needed an “easy” class to round out my schedule only to find your class was anything but easy. You were an exacting teacher with high standards and expected all of us to do only our very best even if we didn’t have an artistic bone in our body (me) and this was made very clear the day you took us on a tour of Peirce’s cow farm with our pad and pencil to draw that darn “continues cow”. A forewarning of this little trip would have been nice so some of us could have worn the proper shoes and not the sandals I always wore but I must admit washing cow patties off my shoes and feet was a nice treat on that hot day.
I could go on with remembrances’, all of which make my heart smile, but Mr. Corbeil I have always thanked the Lord for having you in my life because of what you taught me about life, love and family and seeing you interact with your children, your wonderful wife, Pat, and your students. You are a remarkable man for all the lives you have touched and making the world a brighter place. You were blessed by the hand of our Lord and in turn blessed us. Lovingly, Jackie Lipps Perkins
August 7, 2011
Shawn: I saw this today and thought of you, i remember you speaking highly of you father when you talked about growing up. I wanted to let you know that I was thinking of you at this time. Luke Claus. LACoFD
Dell Stubblefield
August 7, 2011
We are sorry to hear about John's passing. Our thoughts and prayers go to his family and friends. McCall will not be the same without him. Dell and Fern Stubblefield ( McCall, Idaho)
Ilona Hemperly
August 2, 2011
Our deepest sympathy goes out to John Corbeil's beautiful family. What wonderful memories we have of him as our art teacher both at Canoga High & Pierce College. His inspiration helped give us the confidence to follow our dreams to be artists ourselves when we moved to Hawaii in 1970. We will continue to keep him in our hearts always.
a warm aloha from,
Ilona & Michael Hemperly
Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
Roberta Crockett
August 2, 2011
My heartfelt sympathy to John's amazing family. He was a dear man, and I know he will be greatly missed. Hold each other close and cherish your memories. There are so many intriguing stories touched on in his obituary, and so many more that couldn't be included. Rick and I spent a June weekend at the cabin with Marc and Piper and experienced first hand the beauty you have there as part of John's legacy.
In sympathy, Roberta Crockett and Rick Johnson
Marjorie Hoskinson
August 1, 2011
I am sorry to hear that John has died. He was a delightful person. I greatly enjoyed our talks when he was teaching, as am I, at Pierce.
Marge Rheuban
August 1, 2011
I am sad to learn of John's passing. In reading this article about him it is wonderful to know that he lived a long full life. I met John when studying art at Pierce Community College. I learned a lot about painting from him and I am remembering the times he would read his poetry to the class while smoking his pipe. He will not be forgotten. My condolences to his family at this difficult time.
Marge Rheuban
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