Charles Corns, Sr.

A retired international marketer, he bravely fought stage 4 renal cancer for 38 months until his death on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at his home in Baton Rouge. He was 72, a U.S. Army veteran and a native of Kansas City, Mo. A private family service will be held. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Rae Corns; a daughter, Lynn Michelle and husband Gregory Clark Rohrback, of New Iberia; and a son, Charles Edwin Corns Jr., of Chillicothe, Mo. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin Albert and Aida Jane Corns. He was an All-American swimmer at Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Ohio. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in international finance from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He completed his post-graduate work at the University of Houston in Clear Lake City, Texas. Memorial donations may be made to Fisher House Foundation Inc., Charles E. Corns Sr. Memorial Fund, 111 Rockville Pike Suite 420, Rockville, MD 20850-5168.

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