Memory Eternal

Ed Corey

Edwin James Corey, aged 79, of Post Falls, Idaho, passed away on November 18, 2023, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, leaving behind a legacy of cherished memories and a life well-lived. The eldest son of Edwin Roy Corey and Fannie Corey, Ed was born on May 16, 1944, in the town of Derby, Connecticut. Ed’s journey was filled with purpose and tradition.

Ed embraced the values of hard work, dedication, and integrity throughout his career as a true entrepreneur. His commitment to these virtues served as an inspiration to all who knew him. He started his first company, a chicken processing and distribution business, at 19 years old that made the front page of the Wall Street Journal when sold in 1978. He successfully started and sold a wallpaper business, an innovative retail clothing outlet, a petroleum exploration and extraction business, and a Real-Estate Investment Trust. He spent his final years bringing his creativity and entrepreneurial skills as a real estate professional representing Viking Construction in North Idaho.

Ed was an avid fisherman who spent thousands of hours on his boats on Hayden Lake and Lake Coeur d’Alene and fished in Southeastern Alaska annually for 20 years, always sharing this love by taking different family members and friends.

Ed is preceded in death by his parents Edwin and Fran, and is survived by his beloved wife, Joy Corey, his daughter Kathryn Corey, his son Tony Charles, and his daughter Mary Charles as well as his brothers Richard and Daniel Corey. Ed’s presence will be deeply missed by his cherished grandchildren John (and his wife Aidan and children Douglas and Kell), Hannah (and her husband Father Michael and children Genevieve, Seraphima, Melania, and Samuel), Lydia (and her husband Father Theofanis and children Fanourios and Theodore), Nicholas, Jonah, and John, as well as his many nieces and nephews.

A funeral service and burial was held at St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church in Post Falls, Idaho on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.

Expressions of sympathy can be conveyed through contributions to St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, which Ed helped to both establish and build and that has always remained close to his heart.

Birthday: May 16, 1944

Reposed: November 18, 2023

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O God of spirits and of all flesh, Who hast trampled down death and overthrown the Devil, and given life to Thy world, do Thou, the same Lord, give rest to the soul of Thy departed servant

Ed Corey

in a place of brightness, a place of refreshment, a place of repose, where all sickness, sighing, and sorrow have fled away. Pardon every transgression which they have committed, whether by word or deed or thought. For Thou art a good God and lovest mankind; because there is no man who lives yet does not sin, for Thou only art without sin, Thy righteousness is to all eternity, and Thy word is truth.

For Thou art the Resurrection, the Life, and the Repose of Thy departed servants, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever unto ages of ages. Amen.