Leo Corgan

Leo R. Corgan, 93, of Luzerne died on Sunday, January 13, 2008, at Little Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre.
Born in Luzerne on April 4, 1914, he was a son of the late John B. and Margaret Backus Corgan. A graduate of Kingston High School, he owned and operated the Luzerne Motor Co. Ford dealership in Luzerne for many years until his retirement.
A member of St. Ignatius Parish, he was a charter member of the King’s College Century Club, a member of the Westmoreland Club and the Wyoming Valley Country Club, where he served several terms as president.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Elsie Williams, in 1952, his second wife, the former Mary Carroll, in 2006, and a son, Leo R. Corgan, in 1978; sisters Alberta Corgan Toole, Mary Corgan O’Mara and Margaret E. Corgan; and brothers Cyril F., D. Leonard, John B., Joseph A. and William H. Corgan.
He is survived by a daughter, Mary, and her husband, William Steele, of Central, South Carolina; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 16, in St. Ignatius Church, 339 N. Maple Ave., Kingston. Friends may pay their respects at the church beginning at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Arrangements are by M. J. McLaughlin Company, Wilkes-Barre.