Harold Richard Corkins Jr. (Hal)

Hal went to be with our Heavenly Father on December 16. 2021 after a long illness. He was born in Newport, Vermont, on December 6th, 1947, the first born of eight siblings to Dorothy Riegel Corkins and Harold Richard Corkins Sr.

He spent his formative years in Long Island, New York, where he graduated from Lindenhurst High School. He married and fathered two children: Michelle and Adam.

He enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving from 1967 to 1971. After an Honorable Discharge, he returned to his native Vermont, working at Kraft Foods. In 1976, he relocated his young family to West Palm Beach, Florida. There he was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for over forty years before he retired.

He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the American Postal Workers Union.

Hal was an avid reader. He was a student of chess and enjoyed playing craps. He could strike up a conversation with anyone.

Hal was preceded in death by his parents, siblings Van, Alan and Valerie, and friends Dennis Sartori and Ronald Graves.

He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Donna, West Palm Beach, FL; sister-in-law Katrene Serrao and godson Andrew Serrao, West Palm Beach, FL; brothers Ronald (Marilyn) Corkins, Newport, VT, Craig (Mary) Corkins, Derby, VT, Randall, Westfield VT, and Darren, Derby, Vermont; his children Michelle Simpson and Adam (Sarah) Corkins of Ripon, CA, and six grandchildren: Amber Simpson, Orlando, FL; Agustin, Lucia, Greger, Anneliese and Gian Corkins, Ripon, CA; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11 AM on Saturday June 25th at St Mark's Episcopal Church 44 Second Street, Newport Vermont followed by interment at Pine Grove Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at curtis-britch.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch & Bouffard Funeral Home & Cremation Service, locally family owned and operated.