Edwin A. Cornwell, age 65, of Amherst, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at his home while under the care of New Life Hospice.
Born on July 2, 1946 in Oberlin, he graduated from Oberlin High School.
Ed served in the US Navy. He was an active member as Historian of the Amherst American Legion Post 118, which awarded him Legionnaire of the Year in 2008. He was also a member of S.A.L. Squadron 118.
For 36 years, Ed worked as a communications technician at Lorain Telephone Company/CenturyLink.
He served the community at various levels including past-president of the Firelands Lions Club, as well as the Greenspring Lions Club. Ed also coached youth baseball at the T-ball level, Little League Level and Hot Stove Level.
Very active in the Scouts, he was a Cub Master for the Brownhelm Cub Scout Pack, a Scout Master for the Boy Scout Troop, and was a district training chairman of the Firelands Area Council. Ed also was a resident ranger at Camp Pleasant Valley for the Erie Shores Girl Scout Council and was an inter-camp maintenance man for Camp Firelands for Boy Scouts of America. For 5 years, he worked as parks manager for Amherst City Parks.
Ed was also a member of the Wakeman Eagles Aerie #4354 and Amherst Eagles Aerie #1442 and Amherst Sons of VFW Post 1662.
He is survived by his wife Sally (nee Speckhart); his sons, Edwin K. (Tracy) Cornwell, of Chesapeake, VA, and Michael (Laura) Cornwell, of Henrietta Twp.; his daughter, Wendy (Walter) Los, of Amherst; 8 grandchildren; and his sisters, Miriam (Rick) Ruhland, of Avon and Linda Cornwell, of Oberlin; and his brothers, Dean (Barbara), of Tampa, FL, Dan (Shirley), of Ocala, FL, Chuck, of Elyria, and Eugene (Aracely) of Los Angeles, CA , and his step-children, Valerie Payne, of Lorain and Michael (Douglass) Payne, of Morrisville, NC.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin W. and Mary Jane (nee Ives) Cornwell.
The Cornwell Family will receive friends on Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 4-8 p.m. in The Dovin and Reber Jones Funeral & Cremation Center, 1110 Cooper Foster Park Rd., Amherst. Inurnment will be on Tuesday, February 7th at 12:00 noon at Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin. Rev. Fr. Robert Cole, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Oberlin, will officiate. Full Military Honors will be conducted by the Amherst Honor Guard.
Contributions, if desired, may be made to Lorain County Metro Parks, 12882 Diagonal Road, LaGrange, Ohio 44050 or Second Harvest Foodbank, 7445 Deer Trail Lane in Lorain, Ohio 44053.
Family and friends may leave on-line condolences at www.dovinreberjones.com
