Wilma M. (Pedersen) CORNWELL

CORNWELL, MCELROY, PEDERSEN, CHURCHILL, HANCOCK, WENZEL, WHITE, MEADOWS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/29/2006 at 22:49:16

Wilma M. Cornwell, 76, died on Sunday, January 23, 2005, at the Belmond Health Care Center. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, January 25, at the United Church of Christ Congregational in Belmond, with the Pastor Lynne Spencer-Smith officiating. Burial was in the Amsterdam Cemetery near Goodell. Organist was Carol Severson and soloist was Mark Schlichting. Casketbearers were Reuben Wenzel, Wayne Mason, Terry Ziegler, Victoria Wenzel, Sam Hancock, Travis Nolte and Randy Covington.

Wilma, the daughter of Reuben and Ethel McElroy Pedersen, was born January 16, 1929 in Clear Lake. She moved to Mansfield, Missouri where she grew up. After completing school, Wilma lived and worked in California before returning to the Goodell and Belmond area in 1969. Wilma married Delbert Cornwell in 1978. Wilma worked at and owned the DX station on Highway 69 in Goodell. She was fondly remembered for baking and cooking. Talking on the CB to the truckers was one of Wilma's pastimes, as was playing cards. Wilma belonged to the Breakfast Club and Birthday Club. She was a member of the United Church of Christ Congregational in Belmond.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Jacqueline; two brothers; and a sister. Wilma is survived by daughters, Judy (Doug) Churchill of Phoenix, Arizona; Christy Hancock of Eldon, Missouri and Laura (Loren) Wenzel of Belmond; grandchildren, Michael, Dottie, Roberta, Reuben, Victoria, Zachary, and Samuel; three great-grandchildren; sisters, Violet White of California and Charlotte Meadows of Indiana; and brother, Henry Pedersen of California.

January 25, 2005
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