Alton Bay----Yvan Corbeil, 69, passed away peacefully in his home, Friday, September 7, 2018 with family by his side.
Yvan was born on December 26, 1948 in Quebec Province, Canada to dairy farmers Emile and Jeanne D’Arc (Daudelin) Corbeil. As a young boy, Yvan immigrated to the United States with his family to live and work on their new dairy farm in Lake Champlain region of northern Vermont.
Yvan spent his life indulging in adventures, enjoying such activities as camping, fishing, hunting, driving classic muscle cars, and traveling across the country, East to West, and North to South. Yvan had a fondness for nature and wildlife. In his life time he nursed abandoned baby raccoons into long, healthy lives and once brought a stranded young doe to his mother, on their farm, after finding that the deer’s mother had been struck by a car. He spent many days walking up the nearby mountains and taking strolls through the woods hoping to happen upon a frolicking critter or one of nature’s many surprises.
Yvan is predeceased by his parents Emile and Jeanne D’Arc. He leaves behind his partner of 40 years, Lisa Ellsworth, his six children; Renee Kelly and her husband, Brian, Michael Corbeil, Yvan Corbeil, Carson Corbeil and his partner, Alison, Cindell Corbeil and her fiancé, Jeremy, and Landon Corbeil who will all fondly remember their father walking them to ponds to learn how to fish, running alongside as they attempted their first training-wheel-free bike rides, and driving around together on rainy days to find things to do, while munching on cheese sticks and sipping tomato juice. Yvan is also survived by six grandchildren, Brooke, Lauren, Camden, Evan, Jaiden, and Declan; brothers and sisters, Guy Corbeil and his wife, Muriel, Mike Corbeil and his wife, Sylvie, Carmen Choquette and her husband, Bernard, Jocelyn Corbeil and her husband, Nate Serge Corbeil and his wife, Debra, Maggie Tatro and her long-time partner, Hamilton Wood, and Carlo Corbeil and his partner, Terry; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
There will be no calling hours.
A celebration of Yvan’s life will be held at a later date.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia NH is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.