Michael Steven Corrie 1993 - 2016

BITSY, CORRIE

Posted By: Connie J Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/22/2016 at 22:27:27

Sioux City Journal
19 April 2016

SIOUX CITY | Michael Steven Corrie, 22, of Sioux City, passed on to his next great adventure Saturday, April 16, 2016, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, after he was suddenly stricken with a rare brain abscess.

Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements are with Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Condolences may be left at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Mike was born Sept. 14, 1993, in Sioux City, to Steven and Lynn (Bitsy) Corrie. Mike lived in Sioux City his entire life and attended Sioux City Public Schools. He was a senior at the University of Iowa, majoring in psychology.

Mike was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

Mike's life was filled with many experiences and accomplishments. When a child was needed for musicals at West High School, Mike played the role of Gavroche in "Les Miserables" as a third-grader and a newsboy in "Ragtime" as a fifth-grader. He began playing tenor sax at Lincoln Elementary School and continued playing at West Middle School and West High School where he was a member of the West High marching band and West High jazz bands. He was an All-State tenor sax player. He achieved the rank of second-degree black belt. He was inducted into the National Spanish Honor Society. He graduated with honors.

At the University of Iowa, Mike became interested in politics and joined the "Young Americans for Liberty," U of I Chapter. He was elected president and later named state chairman of the Iowa Chapter. A memorial scholarship is being established by the U of I Chapter in Mike's name.

Mike went on many trips with his family in the United States, and also Denmark, Germany and Sweden. He loved camping and vacations in Northern Minnesota and Canada. Fishing, boating and swimming were some of his favorite things as well as making videos with his group of best friends. Mike was an animal lover and never tired of playing with the many pets that lived with his family. He was a master of trivia and historical information. Mike was well known for his quick wit, sense of humor and hysterical one-liners. He was a great friend who you could always count on. Mike will live on in the hearts of those who love and miss him.

Survivors include his parents, Steven and Lynn; sister, Liz Corrie of Portland, Ore.; grandmother, Joyce Corrie of Anthon, Iowa; aunts, uncles and cousins, Greg and Sue Askeland (Katy and Nick Herbold, Eric and Erin Askeland), Cindy and Matt Curtin (Brad and Natasha Curtin, Michelle and Andy Ford, Jeff and Amanda Curtin), Bob and Ellen Corrie (Judson Corrie and Mandy and Rob Parrish) and their families, and Doug Corrie; and Mike's close group of friends who were like his brothers.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dr. Ray and Ida Farran and Wallace Corrie; uncle, Tom Corrie; and pets, Maggie and Shammie.

In lieu of flowers, the family will be establishing a memorial in Mike's name to a local charity.

As Mike would say, "Don’t forget to never forget."