Corinne Ondine Pache

I only learned about Corinne's illness at the recent meeting of the Society for Classical Studies in Chicago, when I ran into a Trinity University colleague of hers and asked about her. I was shocked to hear of her untimely passing and have such sweet memories of her. We knew each other at Yale, where she was teaching and I was a graduate student. I would occasionally pass classrooms where she was teaching and see her in there hunched over a text talking intently with her rapt students. We lived near each other in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, so I would often greet her walking into Yale, or just walking; we both loved to walk in our beautiful area. Once we both went with a group to hear a rock band play at a small, dark, dingy venue in New Haven. The music was deafening, but we all had a great time. She was always a pleasure to talk with, and always had something thoughtful and interesting to say. She was a warm, vibrant friend and I will miss her very much.
I send my sincere and profound condolences to her family. We will never forget her.

Je m'appelle Maxime Blanchard. Corinne Pache a été ma tutrice de latin quand j'étais étudiant de doctorat. Elle était aussi étudiante de doctorat. Pendant deux semestres, je l'ai rencontrée une fois par semaine dans un café sur le campus, le Gato Rojo. Elle était patiente, gentille et drôle. Je pense à elle chaque fois que je déchiffre une inscription latine. Je n'imagine pas sa disparition. Mes condoléances les plus attristées à sa famille et à ses proches.

You see this hair and you already know it´s Corinne! Man, you will always be one of my favorite clients. Always on time, every 8 weeks, for about 5 years. I loved the stores we would share of our adventures. And I sure will miss seeing you walk up to your appointment. Thank you for your years of loyalty. You are deeply missed.

It was hard to learn about Corinne's death when I didn't even know she was ill. But maybe that is typical of her, not to burden others and always to smile and press on. I have only the best memories of Corinne as a colleague and a friend. We were hired at Yale in the same year (2000) and became fast friends very quickly. We both loved the Indian diner on College St in New Haven and we loved going to movies. We also loved animals, me dogs, Corinne cats. We had great conversations into the evenings and my late husband Adam adored Corinne. I left Yale in 2004 but we kept in touch and visited one another through the years. I attach a 2013 photo of Corinne looking a little tentative around my two pugs on my sofa on Bowen Island, BC, Canada. I will never forget my visit to San Antonio later that year. Corinne and I rented bikes and cycled down the river to visit the missions, then we walked the riverwalk in the city - so European - and went to see the movie "Gravity" with 3D effects. On emerging we could hardly find our feet on the sidewalk and we were suddenly surrounded by zombies walking the streets of San Antonio. (I guess it was Halloween...) A very surreal experience! I feel especially blessed by her beautiful essay on female friendship in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels which appeared in the Festschrift presented to me by Toph Marshall in 2021. I suppose this was one of her final pieces. Corinne's scholarship was brilliant and her views of the interplay of past and present affected me profoundly. I feel a deep loss but I will always admire her beautiful smile and quiet gentleness. It was a huge privilege to have known Corinne.

Corinne. Merci pour tes visites régulières que j'attendais avec joie comme le passage des oiseaux migrateurs, merci pour tes belles lettres écrites avec grâce et humour. Le souvenir de ta personnalité lumineuse et intense restera pour toujours gravé dans mon coeur. Affectueusement

I am deeply saddened by the news of Corinne's death-Corinne, who was always so full of life and joy. Her legacy will live on above all in the many people whose lives she touched and brightened.

Farewell, dear Friend ...

Tu es une superbe personne et je suis très heureuse de t´avoir rencontrée. Chaque année on a l´habitude de te voir à Lausanne grâce à ton mail qui nous avertit de ton séjour en suisse tu nous manques Corrine . Soit heureuse là où tu es on t´aime très fort

Des retrouvailles trop courtes. On aurait aimé avoir le temps de partager encore des fondues chaque été lors de tes visites...

I couldn't bring myself to write this earlier. Dear Corinne, you embodied our hope for the future and I miss you more than I can say.

To all you family and other friends I offer my heartfelt shared condolences.

Merci pour ces belles années, ces beaux voyages et ces partages autour de notre passion pour les chats, les films et les livres. Tu as toujours été un role model et tu continueras à l´être.

Merci pour toutes ces belles années, ces beaux voyages, pour nos partages autour notre passion pour les chats, les films et les livres. Tu as toujours été un role model et tu continueras de l´être.

Je suis heureuse et honorée d´avoir eu le privilège de partager des moments lumineux et heureux avec toi, durant nos voyages en commun aux USA et lors de tes séjours réguliers en Suisse, en compagnie de ta maman, ton frère, Bryan et Lea. Ces souvenirs resteront à jamais gravés dans ma mémoire.
Continue à rayonner comme tu l´as toujours fait de là où tu es

Merci pour tes sourires qui resteront toujours dans mon coeur. Je t´aime

J'aurais voulu pouvoir encore te dire à quelle point je suis fier de toi, de ta personnalité et de ton parcours dans la vie.
J'aurais aimé pouvoir encore faire des super voyages, manger des fondues et boire du bon vin avec toi.
Tu vas me manquer, je t'aime sister

RIP Chère Corinne
En souvenir des jours rieurs et complices.
With love

I only got to take one semester with Dr. Pache, but I can without a doubt say that she left her mark and easily solidified her place as my favorite professor. She was so passionate about the subjects she taught, and I was very much looking forward to taking many more of her classes. She gifted me a copy of "The Odyssey" with a translation she enjoyed, and I am thankful I get the chance to read it even if I can't learn more from her. Rest in peace, Dr. Pache.

dernière rencontre à Brooklyn 2017

souvenirs NYC 1993

Aujourd'hui quelle tristesse! Heureusement de grandes pages de souvenirs joyeux nous accompagnent avec ton rire. Quelle chance de t'avoir connue! Merci pour ton amitié.
Corinne, Pierre et Apolline

Gentle, graceful, generous, gloriously-gifted, you leave us far behind and far too soon.
You leave us fond memories, your scholarly voice, and your radiant guide to the art of living and dying.
May you swim free among the stars, Corinne Ondine....

Corinne in Bryant Park, behind the New York Public Library on 6th Avenue and 42nd Street, July 2011

Corinne and "Little E" at the Victoria Butterfly Gardens, British Columbia, 2018

Adele, Jordan and Corinne, Ruby City (art museum), San Antonio, 2019

Jordan and Corinne, Día de Muertos/ Day of the Dead, San Antonio, 2019

Corinne and Adele, Brooklyn Promenade, 2011

Dr. Pache was one of my favorite teachers at Trinity! I took a class with her nearly every semester as she just brightened everyday! She encouraged this accounting major to double major in classical studies, which I did, and will forever be thankful for! If it wasn´t for Dr. Pache´s Every Day Life in Ancient Greece I would have probably never fallen in love with the classics as I have. I will always remember Dr. Pache for her overwhelming kindness, patience, and genuine care and consideration for each one of her students. I am beyond saddened to hear of her untimely death, this world has lost a truly beautiful light. But her legacy will live on in all those she met and taught throughout her life!

I actually visited Trinity the summer before covid to show my husband my alma mater, and I was so happy to find Dr. Pache in her office, we got to catch up on old times and new times, I am so thankful for that last brief meeting and will forever cherish every memory of her.

Rest In Peace Dr. Pache, your light will never fade!

All my love,
Rebeca

I wasn't in touch with Corinne, so I'm shocked by this news and deeply saddened. As a graduate student, I spent a summer reading the Odyssey with her at the Center for Hellenic Studies. It was a formative experience for me and her influence still resonates in my own reading and teaching. I'll remember her as a great teacher and a very kind person. My condolences to her friends and family.

I miss her very much.

Corinne was my role model--for how to lift more weights at the gym, worry less, and live more fully. She had more left to teach me and I will miss her in all different ways and in all different places. She was so good at living and it is hard to know that her time was up. I still don't know how she remained so optimistic in the face of so many difficulties and such a long fight with cancer. Her steady cheer is very missed.

This loss is heartbreaking. Requiescat in pace, Corinne! (Have uploaded pix of nature -- and food shopping!)

Dr. Pache and her Fall 2020 Elementary Greek II class dressed up for Halloween. We miss you

Too soon. I hate it that you are gone but I take comfort in how fully you lived. Memories only of laughter and experiences embraced or dreamed up and then made to happen. Deep sadness overwhelms just now, but your zest for living will infect me again.

Thank you for this beautiful tribute. Corinne, your friends are all heartbroken. We will miss you for the rest of our lives. Photos: Corinne with my dog Lily, Dec 2022; With fellow-Hunter alumna Jennifer Ortega, Fiesta 2011; With Prof. Sue Weinberg, Hunter College Graduation, 1996. Corinne! you never changed! xxxx

We miss her.

We miss you, Corinne. We admired you greatly, and we regret your untimely passing.