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January 30, 2026

Constance Cunningham Cornelius, 89

Constance Cunningham Cornelius, age 89, passed away in Ocean City New Jersey on May 16, 2022.

Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1932, Connie met William Albert Cornelius (deceased 1984) at Lehigh University, and married him in 1956.   Their only daughter, Christine Elizabeth Cornelius, was born in 1957.  Connie lived in Camp Hill, New Holland and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and Haleiwa and Lanikai Hawaii.  Connie worked at Covato Lipsitz investment in Pittsburgh as the office manager until her retirement in 1994. 

Connie moved to Ocean City New Jersey in 1996.  She loved her life there: biking, beaching, boardwalking, and hosting many friends and family over the years.   

She leaves behind her daughter, Christine; her sister Kathleen Kufrovich Trippett; grandchildren Farhiya (Abdirahman Ahmed), Zeitun and Mohamed Tifow;  great grandson Yahya Ahmed; niece Donna Marie Reagle (Robert), grand nephew and niece Tyler and Sara Reagle, and cousins Robert Cornelius, Cathy Schiman and Albert Gee.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents Joseph and Bertha Cunningham, and her brother Eugene Cunningham.  

If you would like to honor Connie, please send contributions in her name to the Humane Society of Ocean City, 1 Shelter Road, Ocean City New Jersey 08226.

For condolences to the family, visit www.godfreyfuneralhome.com

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