Diane Corcoran photoWith sadness, but also with gratitude for her many years of devoted service and contributions, IANDS announces the passing of Diane Corcoran on Sunday, March 5, 2023. At the time of her transition, Diane was an active member of the Board of Directors, a multiple-time IANDS past-president, creator and leader of the Veterans Sharing Group, and near-death experiencer (NDEr).


For more than 20 years, Diane used her skills as a retired military nurse (Colonel, US Army) and her PhD in nursing administration to serve in various leadership positions in IANDS, focusing especially on educating medical professionals about NDEs and providing support to military veteran NDErs.

Her exceptional dedication to IANDS is illustrated by the fact that, occasionally from her hospital ICU bed throughout the weekend of February 25, she joined the IANDS Board of Directors virtually at its annual meeting in Durham, NC.

  • If you would like to share a message of celebration and/or gratitude for Diane's life and contributions to IANDS, please complete this form: click here for form. IANDS may use these postings in future celebratory/memorial events and publications, and some messages posted by March 31 may be used in the next, commemorative issue of IANDS's quarterly magazine, Vital Signs. 
  • If you would like to join us for an online Celebration of the Life of Diane Corcoran, use this link: https://isgo.iands.org/meeting/celebration-of-the-life-of-diane-corcoran/ on Sunday, March 19, for this 90-minute virtual event beginning at US times: 10:00 AM Pacific, 11:00 AM Mountain, noon Central, 1:00 Eastern.  
  • If you would like to make a donation to IANDS in Diane's honorhttps://iands.app.neoncrm.com/forms/veterans-fund. Click or tap if you trust this link." click here to contribute to the Colonel Diane Corcoran Veterans' Fund to help support IANDS's ongoing services to veteran NDErs, a cause to which Diane was so deeply dedicated.

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