Ronald Jay Cornelius

Ronald Jay Cornelius, age 52, of Sebeka, MN, passed into eternal life at St. Cloud Hospital on Friday afternoon, November 19, 2021. Ronald was born on October 18, 1969, in Onamia, MN to Donald and Georgia (Seigel) Cornelius. He grew up in Onamia, MN before moving to Princeton, MN. Between 1982 and 1987 he lived in Washington and Montana then moved back to Minnesota in 1987. Ronald worked off jobs after school. He had 2 children April and Thomas and Married Tracy Trettel in 1990 but later separated. Ronald loved Fishing, camping, horse riding, trail rides. He was a big family man. He also like casinos, stock car races, demo cars. He really enjoyed working at WE Fest and RDO. Ronald will be remembered by his mom, Georgia Cornelius; his daughter, April Miles, his son, Thomas Snook; Daughters: Nikole (Paul) Lorentz, Natasha Trettel, Natalie Trettel. One brother: Don Cornelius; three sisters: Marie (Joey) Bittner, Gail (Robby) Drum, Linda (Doug) Vorderbruggen; eight grandchildren as well as lots of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his dad and his grandparents. Celebration of Life will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, December 11, 2021, at the Verndale Family Life Church in Verndale, Minnesota. Visitation will be held one hour prior. The urn bearers will be: Nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Saturday.