Steven M. Corliss, 59, passed away at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative and Hospice Care in Lebanon, NH, following a valiant battle with esophageal cancer on Wednesday evening, November 27, 2019. Born in Montpelier on August 3, 1960, he was the son of the late Eugene C. and Mildred A. (Shover) Corliss. On September 1, 1989, he married the former Barbara G. (Achatz) Bedell in Waterbury Center.
Steve was a 1979 graduate of Harwood Union High School in Duxbury. A longtime and well-known painter, Steve worked many years operating his own business as well as working as a subcontractor. More recently Steve was employed as a machine operator for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in Waterbury and worked mornings part time at the Mobil Station in Waterbury.
An avid Red Sox fan, Steve enjoyed following the trials and triumphs of his favorite team.
Steve is survived by his wife of 30 years, Barbara Corliss of Waterbury Center; his son, Steven C. Corliss of Berlin; two stepdaughters, Tammy Bedell of Waterbury Center and Wendy Brown and her husband Donovan of Winsted, CT; three grandchildren, Wyatt, Donovan Jr. and Cole; his brothers, Ronald Corliss and his wife Janet Doyle of Waterbury and Richard Corliss of Duxbury; as well as extended family. He was predeceased by a brother, James Corliss.
A service to celebrate the life of Steven Corliss will be held from the Waterbury American Legion on December 15, 2019, at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow. For those who wish, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative and Hospice Care (www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/donate/center-for-palliative-and-hospice-care.html). Later inurnment will take place in Hope Cemetery, Waterbury. Assisting the family is Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury. To send online condolences visit www.perkinsparker.com or the funeral home Facebook page.
