OBITUARY FROM FIND-A-GRAVE WEBSITE:

Lester Ponder Cornett
BIRTH          6 Apr 1923, Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA
DEATH          14 Oct 2008 (aged 85), Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, USA
BURIAL         Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID    188723210

Name: Lester Cornett
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 85
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 6 Apr 1923
Birth Place: Gary, Indiana
Death Date: 14 Oct 2008
Death Place: Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA
Father: Archibald Cornett
Mother: Florence Ponder

This information and the pictures below were obtained from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188723210/lester-ponder-cornett. The picture above was obtained from the 1942 Ho-Hi Life, made available by the Lake County Public Library, at: https://archive.org/details/HOHS1942Images/.