Cornelis (Con) van Vliet

Cornelis (Con) van Vliet passed away at Huron Hospice in Clinton in his 87th year on Friday, May 31 with family by his side.   

 

Born in Nieuwerkerk, Holland on Feb. 5, 1938, Con immigrated to Canada on Dec. 1, 1956.  Con’s passions were his family and friends, gardening and his pond, reading, playing cards and completing puzzles.

 

Con was the beloved husband of Lois Evelyn (Cunningham) van Vliet and the dear father of Kim and Nick Sauro of Windsor, Kent and Gob Yothasari of Thailand and Todd of Toronto. He was the loving grandpa of Ryan Tolton of Windsor, Alexandria and Charli Anobile of Tecumseh, Michael and Adriana Sauro of Waterloo, Laura and Nick Magyar of Amherstburg and loving great-grandpa of Roslyn Anobile and Giulietta Sauro.

 

Con was predeceased by his wife Lois; father Gerrit van Vliet and mother Cornelia (Verburg) van Vliet; sisters Annie, Nel and Wil; brothers Koos, Gerrit and Jan.   

 

He leaves seven brothers to cherish his memory in Holland: Leo, Wim, Maarten, Has, Rien, Bas and Rene.  

 

In the Cunningham family, he was predeceased by his father-in-law Vere Dorval Cunningham and mother-in-law Ethel Mary Brown; brothers-in-law Elwin, Lorne, Lavene, Ford and Garth and sisters-in-law: Doris, Joyce, June and Eunice (Ford). He leaves to mourn his passing brother-in-law Burt (Anne) and sisters-in-law Ruth (Garth) and Lois (Laverne.)

 

The funeral service was conducted at time of interment at the Blyth Union Cemetery on June 5 at 1 p.m. with Rev. Alex Jebson officiating.  As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations to the Blyth United Church or the Huron County Library in Blyth would be appreciated by the family.   

 

Messages of condolence for the van Vliet family may be forwarded to falconerfuneralhomes.com.