Stanley A. Cornutt, Aircraft and engine repairer
YERINGTON - Stanley Adams Cornutt, 85, died August 24, 1992, at White Pine Care Center, East Ely, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was born September 5, 1906, in Chadwick Ranch, midway between Myrtle Creek and Riddle, Oregon. He moved to Smith Valley in 1956 from Bridgeport, California.
Cornutt attended schools in Oregon until 1922, when he moved to Southern California. He graduated from Burbank High School in 1924. He worked for Union Oil Company until 1927, and then went into the service station business until 1934, when he went into automotive machine trade.
Later he worked as an aircraft engine mechanic instructor with Aero Industries Technical Institute, a private firm under contract to the Army Air Corps. He spent most of the war years there. He attended Oregon State College, Corvallis for two years and established a mechanics school at Corvallis Airport, teaching there until 1948.
He and his late brother, Wilfred, built a sawmill business in Bridgeport and operated it until 1956, when it burned. In Smith Valley, Cornutt worked as an equipment operator for two years and worked at Anaconda Copper Corp, as a mechanic, machinist and truck driver, retiring in 1972. He also worked at Leviathan Sulphur Mine and did aircraft and engine repair work, at the Yerington Airport, quitting in 1990 for health reasons.
Cornutt was a member of Mason Valley Lodge 34 I.O.O.F., Chapter 1099, A.R.R.P,, Yerington Senior Citizens, Civil Air Patrol and Lion County Search and Rescue, He helped established the Yerington Senior Center.
He was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Lewis, Sr. and one brother. Surviving are his widow, Nevila of Yerington; son Daniel of Ely; and four grandchildren. A memorial service is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Community Methodist Church.
Cremation is under the direction of Wilson-Bates Mortuary, Ely. Private inurnment will be later. A memorial is being established with Lou Gehrig’s disease, 21021 Ventura Blvd., Suite 321, Woodland Hills, California, 91364
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