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Robert Elton Cornell Jr

5 Feb 1929 – 5 Jul 2014

Birth	5 Feb 1929
Death	5 Jul 2014
Added by	Karen Griswold Stroh on 12 Jul 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132706861

Bio

Robert E. Cornell Jr., 85, of Kalispell, died July 5, 2014. He was born Feb. 5, 1929, in Billings, to Robert E. Sr. and Mae (Lance) Cornell. While serving in the Navy, he met and married Claudia Ritty. They had four children. He owned the Montana Bar and Townhouse and various other businesses in Havre. He married Mary Boid and owned the Hanging Tree in Whitefish. They later divorced. Bob was involved with the Al Bedoo Shrine of Billings. He rodeod, packed into the Bob Marshall Wilderness, fished, and did wood working. He was manager of several apartment complexes in Kalispell. He was preceded in death by his parents, son Bob III, sister Jean Stene Bornes. He is survived by daughters Roxana Kezar, Danielle (Dave) Gulbrandson and daughter-in-law Linda Cornell, all of Billings; son Vern (Joanne) Cornell, of Grand Junction, Colo.; three grandchildren, Kendra (John) Heiken, Robert Paul Cornell, Samie (Tyrel) Keller; five great-grandchildren; sisters Virginia (Elwin) Ness, Sharon (Gene, deceased) Mai; nieces and nephews; companion Jean Shafer of Kalispell and her children Robert Shafer and Mary Shaffer. Graveside services are pending.

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Family

Parents

• Robert Elton "Bob" Cornell Sr 1906–2004
• Lottie Mae Lance Cornell 1908–1997

Spouse

• Claudia Grace Ritty Cornell 1920–2016 FaG

Siblings

• Virginia Mae Cornell Ness 1926–2017
• Shirley Jean Cornell Bornes 1927–2009

Children

• Robert Elton "Bob" Cornell III 1947–2013 FaG

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