Alicje Anna Maria CORNELISSEN

CORNELISSEN, Alicje Anna Maria Peacefully, on December 12, at the Ottawa General Hospital from complications related to lupus. Alicje was born in Cornwall, Ontario on May 13, 1959 and grew up on a dairy farm in nearby Williamstown. Alicje leaves behind her beloved husband, Rory Gooderham, her cherished children, Maaike Tess and Willem Ross, her dear parents, Francis and Maria Cornelissen, two brothers, five sisters, and numerous nieces and nephews. Alicje received a Bachelor of Science from Bishops's University in Lennoxville, Quebec and a Master of Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She became an expert in fire protection engineering and devoted her career, which took her around the world, to fire safety and building code development. Over her 24-year long fight with lupus she proved wrong those who thought her illness would prevent her from achieving the professional success she enjoyed and from having her beautiful children who became the light of her life. Visitation will take place at Hulse, Playfair & McGarry on Thursday, December 15 from 2 - 4 and from 7 - 9 p.m., 315 McLeod Street, Ottawa and a funeral mass will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Williamstown, Ontario on Friday, December 16 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Lupus Association, care of the Arthritis Society, 20-2269 Riverside Dr., Ottawa ON K1H 8K2. Published in the Ottawa Citizen from 12/14/2005 - 12/15/2005