Doris Reve (Shadduck) Cornelius, age 91, of Washington, Iowa, died Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the University of Iowa Hospital. Celebration of life services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 17, 2019 at the Timmins Room at Halcyon House with Pastor Jon Rees officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Monday morning.
Private family interment will take place at a later date. Memorials have been established for the Halcyon House Good Samaritan Fund. The Jones & Eden Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent for Doris’s family through the web at www. jonesfh.com. Doris was born May 23, 1928, in Hamilton, Missouri, the daughter of Forrest and Elma (Lester) Shadduck.
She graduated from High School in Cameron, Missouri. Doris was united in marriage to Clyde Cornelius on April 10, 1948, in Hughesville, Missouri. Doris and Clyde moved to Washington in 2017 to be close to family.
She previously lived in Cameron, Missouri; St. Joseph, Missouri, Urbandale, Iowa; Waukee, Iowa; and Warsaw, Missouri. Doris was a homemaker and bookkeeper until her retirement in 1990. She is survived by her husband, Clyde Cornelius of Washington, Iowa; son, Dennis Cornelius of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; daughter, Connie Atwood and husband Chuck of Washington, Iowa; daughter, Sheryl Peitzman and husband Lee of Auburn, Indiana; son, Gary Cornelius and wife Karen of Cumming, Iowa; son, Forrest Cornelius and wife Jan of Cedar Falls, Iowa; nine grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; sister, Ellen Whitmer and husband Gene of Chillicothe, Missouri; sister, Joy Larimer of Centennial, Colorado; and sister-in-law, Merle Shadduck of Peculiar, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Bradley Wayne Peitzman; brother, Paul Shadduck; and daughter-in-law, Alice Cornelius. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Doris Cornelius please visit our Sympathy Store.
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