Audrey Ann Cornish 1938 - 2014

CORNISH, HALSNE, MCDONALD

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/16/2014 at 11:43:18

Sioux City Journal
13 October 2014

SIOUX CITY | Audrey Ann Cornish, 76, of Sioux City died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at a Sioux City hospital, after a courageous battle with lymphoma.

An open house celebrating her life will be held 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at Bev’s on the River Banquet and Convention Center.

Audrey Ann was born to Ell Sophia (Halsne) and Harry Anglo McDonald on April 29, 1938, in Sioux Falls, S.D. She graduated from Washington High School in 1956 and South Dakota State University in 1960 with a bachelor of science in nursing.

She married James Maurice Cornish on Dec. 30, 1960. They welcomed daughter, Anne in 1962 and daughter, Carolyn in 1965. They lived in Pleasant Hill and Concord, Calif., until moving to Sioux City in 1975. Jim preceded her in death in 2003.

In 1991 she earned a master's degree in educational psychology and counseling from the University of South Dakota. She worked in community nursing and later as a counselor at Family Services. She retired in 1998 to devote time to caring for Jim.

Survivors are daughters, Anne Marie Arndt of St. Charles, Mo., and Carolyn (Kent) Cutler of Sioux Falls; and grandchildren, Brittany and Travis Arndt and Dylan and Katie Cutler. She is also survived by a sister, Marlys (Gene) Poch; a sister-in-law, Mary Cornish; and nieces and nephews.

A special thank you to the nurses, aides and staff at the Washburn Oncology Unit, Mercy Medical Center.

Memorials may be directed to Washburn Oncology Unit, Mercy Medical Center; the June E. Nylen Cancer Center; or Family Services, all in Sioux City