Grace Cornett, 81, of Wooster died Monday, January 2, 2006 at Smithville Western Care Center.
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the Roberts Funeral Home-Sherwood Chapel, Wooster. ?Friends may call Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. ?Burial will be at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Wadsworth. Online condolences may be made at www.robertsfuneralhome.com.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 2525 Back Orrville Rd., Wooster, Ohio 44691.
She was born July 5, 1924 in Queensland, Australia to Otto and Lily {Smith} Schad.
She married Thomas Cornett on July 6, 1942. He died in 1973. ?She worked for Rubbermaid for 13 years, retiring in 1990. ?She enjoyed traveling, exercising, knitting, reading, and cooking.
Surviving are children Karen Smith of Grove City, Adele (Ginger) Ogle of Wooster, John Cornett of Elgin, IL; 8 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; and a sister Maude Rapier of Queensland, Australia.
Brothers Stanley and Arthur Schad; and sisters Fanny Skelton, Elsie Schad, and Irene Schad died previously.