Cornell's Mountain

Cornell's daughter set up a way to collect memories and experiences with/of Cornell.   Help us keep his memory alive Tell us through video, audio, or type it up! However you do it is wonderful!  email tiffanythemann@gmail.com   to share your memory/story of Cornell or Click here to add your memory

Dear family and friends,  Arrangements are finalized for Cornell's funeral. Viewing September 9th, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wilks Funeral Home  211 W Chubbuck Rd, Chubbuck, ID 83202 Funeral Service   September 10th, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 655 S Grant Ave, Pocatello, ID 83204 There will be a viewing @ the church prior to the service from 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Memories My heart is full. I'm so grateful for the love, prayers and support. Cornell doesn't have to struggle any longer and Heaven is for real! https://www.wilksfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Cornell-Henderson?obId=25753913#/obituaryInfo *The service will be streamed for those unable to come. Please check with the Wilks Funeral Home website for the link.

Cornell passed away today, just a little while ago. Yesterday my sister said. "We didn't know that when we started climbing Cornell's Mountain with him, that it was going to be the stairway to Heaven." So, this is where we can't go with him any farther. But he won't blaze this trail alone. His parent were there to greet him, and a brother, friends and I suspect another.  After his surgery in July, when Cornell wanted to change his occupation, I didn't tell you that he was going to become a pilot. He asked me to look up Sky West to see if they were taking applications. In college he took flight lessons. He even had the back cut out of his shirt, the ceremony for a first solo flight. Life took over and he wasn't able to finish. . . until today. He got his wings. I Can Only Imagine

Yesterday, when I was straining to make out what Cornell was telling me, I leaned in close and concentrated really hard. And he said, "What station is the football game on?"  Then I knew for sure that Cornell was alert and aware. He has not been doing much talking today though. When the hospice nurse came by today she said that Cornell has advanced to the last stages. She estimated that he would likely pass on in 24-72 hours. I wanted you all to know.  

Cornell's condition has taken a turn over the last two days. I can't understand him when he speaks so I have to guess at what he might want. His vital signs are less stable. He is still being brave.

The hospice nurse came on Friday evening. She was helpful. We should be on their schedule now. Cornell is getting harder to understand when he speaks, and has a sharp pain in his right arm which makes it hard to sleep anywhere but on his back.  Yesterday, I brought a green pepper in from the garden to show Cornell. In the first part of June we still had not planted the garden. Cornell was determined that we have a garden! He usually did most of the work. He was waiting for a break in the weather and for his dizziness to subside. Somewhere along the way, Cornell had bought some starts. . . onion sets, tomatoes, celery, tomatillos and peppers.  We were trying to keep them alive long enough to get them in the ground. Finally there was a good day and Cornell got help getting the pepper starts out to the garden. The best he could do was to lay in the dirt on his side and dig the holes with a hand shovel, put the plant in the hole, fill in the dirt around the roots then he'd drag a ...