CORNELL, Chris Bandit (DREDGE)

DREDGE, CORNELL

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 11/6/2016 at 01:56:44

Obituary ~ Chris Bandit Dredge Cornell
March 19, 1961 ~ December 14, 2006

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
December 27, 2006

SENTINEL BUTTE, N.D. — Chris Bandit Cornell, 45, of Sentinel Butte, N.D., formerly of Mason City, died Thursday (Dec. 14, 2006) at the Deaconess Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont.

Her funeral was held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, at the Chapel of the Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home in Beach, N.D., with celebrant Sandy Silha officiating. Burial was in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Sentinel Butte, N.D.

Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at: www.silvernale-silhafuneralhome.com.

Chris was born on March 19, 1961 in Iowa, and was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dredge. She was raised and educated in Iowa. Chris resided in Iowa until moving to Taylor, North Dakota where she worked on a ranch. Chris had also worked as a paramedic in Mason City, Iowa and was a phlebotomist in Mason City and at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Dickinson, North Dakota. She moved to Sentinel Butte in 1997 and was united in marriage to Paul Cornell on September 28, 1999 in Beach. They resided in Sentinel Butte where Chris worked with her husband delivering mail on the Sentinel Butte mail route.

Chris especially loved animals of all kinds, including her dogs, cats, birds, horses and baby calves. She enjoyed fishing, bird watching, gardening and watching scarey movies.

She was a member of the Iowa Board of Paramedics.

She was preceded in death by her adoptive parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dredge.

Chris is survived by her husband, Paul, of Sentinel Butte.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2016