Obituaries

Dolores Cornejo

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Dolores Cornejo, 95 years old, passed away peacefully on November 22, 2017 in Rogers, Arkansas. She was a devoted Catholic, mother grandmother & great-grandmother. She was born in Kansas City, Mo. on October 14, 1922 to Guadalupe and Maria de Jesus Gomez. She grew up in Kansas City, part of a very large family with 17 brothers and sisters. Dolores was preceded in death by her parents, her ex-husband, Jose R. Cornejo, sixteen of her brothers and sisters, and her daughter, Patricia Seligson. Survived are the remaining four of five children and their spouses: Dan Cornejo (Nancy Strand) of Saint Paul, Minn., Laura (Edmund) Rogers of Rogers, Ark., Marty Hagen of Las Vegas, Nev. and Sylvia Cornejo of Forest Knolls, Calilf.; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; also many nieces and nephews, as well as her last remaining sister, Teresa Herrera of Overland Park, Kan. For the last several years, she enjoyed Grand Court Senior Living in Kansas City, Mo. and at Innisfree Health and Rehab. in Rogers, Ark. The family would like to specially recognize and express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all the wonderful and compassionate healthcare providers at Innisfree who treated and cared for Dolores over the last several years. Funeral services were provided by McGilley Memorial Chapel and burial at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Kansas City, Mo. on December 2, 2017. Memorial may be made to Christ the King Catholic Church, 8510 Wornall Road, Kansas City, Mo. or St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 1416 W. Poplar, Rogers, Ark.

Published December 6, 2017

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