Maurice J. Cornelis, 69, of Collingswood
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
CORNELIS, MAURICE J.
Peacefully at home in Collingswood on December 16, 2007, age 69 years.
Beloved
husband of Kathleen L. Cornelis (nee Wyatt); devoted father of Maurice
J. Cornelis, Jr. and his wife, Andrea of Elizabethtown, PA, Brian Scott
and his wife, Alina of Norwalk, CT., Eric W. Cornelis of Haddonfield
and Jeannine N. Cornelis of Collingswood; grandfather of Daniel
Cornelis, Stanley Cornelisand Sophia Scott; brother of Bernice Basara
and her husband, Edward of Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Mary Danrea of W.
Palm Beach, FL; additionally survived by many nieces and nephews.
Raised
in the Roxborough section of Phila., Maurice served in the US Navy
during the later 1950's. Mr. Cornelis was a project manager for over 20
years at RCA, now GE, King of Prussia Office, retiring in 2004. Maurice
and his family lived in Collingswood 24 years and previously lived in
Pennsauken.
Though fond of golf and fishing, Mr. Cornelis loved to
share his considerable expertise constructing model schooners and
clippers for display in their bottles. Maurice greatly enjoyed the
detail of planning and cooking family dinners.
Viewing and Funeral
Thursday 9:30 AM in St. Peter Celestine RC Church, 402 Kings Hwy .
North, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034. Funeral Mass at 10:30 AM. Interment
Harleigh Cemetery, Camden.
The Family suggests donations in Maurice's memory to Lighthouse Hospice, 1040 Kings Hwy. North, Suite 100, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034