Kimberly Ann Purin Cornelious

1967 - 2020

Kimberly Ann Purin Cornelious, 52, of Duncannon, formerly of Pottsville, passed away at home surrounded by her family Aug. 29, 2020.

Born Oct. 25, 1967, she was a daughter of Rosemary Purin and the late Thomas R. Purin, of Pottsville.

She was a 1986 graduate of Pottsville Area High School. She obtained her BSN from Alvernia University in 2006. She earned her CCRN in 2009. She spent her career as a registered nurse at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in the neuroscience ICU, where she influenced the lives of countless patients and co-workers. She was a loving wife to Scott; mother to her children, Samantha (fiancée Ben Miller) and Victoria; stepmother to Jessica (husband, Dylan), Sarah and David; birthmother to Karissa Avey (son, Cameron); sister to Tommy (wife, Ceane) and Brian (partner, Samantha); lifelong friend to Donna and Sharon; a proud member of "The Pride." The family would like to thank the staff of the Penn State Cancer Institute and neuroscience ICU, Geisinger Home Health and Hospice of Central Pennsylvania for the care provided to her over the last 14 months. In lieu of flowers, family requests donations made in her name to the Penn State Cancer Institute.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, 913 Mahantongo St., Pottsville. The Rev. David Loeper will be celebrant. Interment will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Boyer Family Funeral Home, Duncannon, is honor to handle the arrangements for the Cornellious family.