Patricia “Pat” Cornett, age 79, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. She was born in Echo, Utah to George and Lenora Elizabeth (Bromley) Toone.
Pat was an avid outdoors woman; she loved to hunt and fish. She also was an excellent cook and loved to cook for family and friends. She had recently taken up oil painting and painted beautiful landscapes. She was self employed for most of her life, there was no challenge too big for her. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends and her little dog “Katie”.
She was a loving mother to six children: daughters, Mary Ann and husband Sid Gulley of Sweet Home, Barbara Johnson of John Day, Mitzie and husband “Junior” Herbert Wilson of Silverton, Georgia, and husband George Hoerauf of Salem; sons, Paul and wife Laura Anderson of Silverton and Carl Anderson of Corvallis; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren.
The family of Pat would like to give a special thanks to Paul and Leah Carnes foster care home for taking such wonderful care of mom in her final days. Also to Samaritan Evergreen Hospice and the staff at the infusion center of Lebanon Community Hospital for their special care of mom.
At Pat’s request, there will be no services. There will be a private internment at Gilliland Cemetery in Sweet Home, Oregon. Donations in Pat’s name can be made to Samaritan Evergreen Hospice or Safehaven Humane Society. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. | 
