Karin Marie Cornell

April 8, 2017

CORNELL, KARIN MARIE NELSON, 91, died on April 8, 2017. The daughter of Edward Matthew Nelson and Esther (Tammienen) Nelson, Karin was born in Flushing, NY on May 19, 1925. She grew up in Brooklyn, NY and Ludlow, VT. A graduate from Castleton College in Castleton, VT, she began her career as an elementary school teacher in a one room school house. She continued her teaching career in Groveland, MA and Barrington, RI. Karin was active in the community, volunteering and serving at her church, most recently as a member of the Prayer Shawl Knitting Group at Georgiaville Baptist Church in Smithfield, RI. Karin was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Allen D. Cornell, her daughter Karlene Fiore and her husband Russell, her daughter Laurie Cornell Burk and her husband Kevin, and her son A. Douglas Cornell. She was the beloved grandmother of Matthew Russell Fiore and wife Leah, Melanie Rose Giroux and husband Scott, Lauren Beth Cornell, Audra Jean Cornell, and Cynthia LeiAloha Horikawa. Karin adored her great-grandchildren Patrick and Peyton Giroux, and Chase, Annabelle and Scarlett Fiore. Private funeral and burial services will be held Friday, April 14th. As a two-time breast cancer survivor, in lieu of flowers, contributions to Rhode Island Hospital”Anne Pappas Breast Imaging, P.O. Box H, Providence, RI, 02901 can be made in her memory.