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Obituaries for week of 5-9-12
Wanda Marie Cornett
January 27, 1927 -- May 1, 2012
Former Warm Springs resident Wanda Marie Cornett, 85, of Albany, passed away May 1, 2012, at Riverbend Hospital in Eugene.
Wanda was born in Garvin County, Okla., to Ben and Beaulah (Burch) Bentley. Wanda grew up in Leedey, Okla., and graduated from Liberty Center High School.
On Nov. 3, 1948, she married James D. Cornett in Hammon, Okla. The Cornetts made their home in Sayre and Stillwater, Okla., for a short time. They spent many years on Indian reservations throughout the Western states.
In 1971, they moved to Warm Springs. After retirement in 1981, they moved to Albany, to be near their son.
Wanda is survived by her husband James Cornett of Albany; son, Phil Cornett of Salem; sisters, Maxine Allen of Stockton, Calif., Marjorie Patton and husband Bill of Elk City, Okla., Betty Jean Cordum and husband Delbert of Elk City, Okla., Glenda Tomberlin and husband Billy Ray of Alva, Okla., and June Herndon and husband Wendell of Cordell, Okla. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother Jay Bentley; and an infant sister.
A funeral service was held May 5, at Sayre Church of Christ with a burial service at Shirley Cemetery northwest of Leedey, Okla. AAsum-Dufour Funeral Home handled the arrangements in Oregon and Martin Funeral Home handled arrangements in Oklahoma.
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