Henry “Hank” Morrison Cornet, 78, passed away September 11, 2019.  He was born November 16, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois to Marion G. and Marian M. Cornet. He married Kathleen Taylor September 5, 1964 at First Christian Church in San Bernardino, California.

Hank studied mechanical engineering at Bradley University in Peoria, but left to work for Little Giant in Peoria before completing his studies. He fled the cold and snow and went to California and worked for Lockheed. He met Kathleen and had their first two sons. He began work with Scholle Corporation in Irvine, California as a design draftsman and began an education in business, which led to the beginning of his career in marketing. In 1970, he accepted a promotion as marketing director at Scholle, which transferred him and his young family to Chicago, where they had two more sons.