TODAY WE GATHER TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF MRS. CLORAINE CORDON KNOWN TO THE FAMILY AS ANELIE. SHE WAS A SISTER, A MOTHER, AN AUNT, AND MANY MORE TO EVERYONE WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN HER MIDST. SHE WAS, IN ONE WORD, THE MATRIARCH OF THE SAINT-HILAIRE FAMILY. BEING WHAT WE STIPULATED ABOVE AND AGE 84YEARS OLD, WE COULD EASILY SAY THAT SHE GRACEFULLY EMBODIED THE BLESSING OF THE LORD.
ANELIE CLORAINE PHILOMENE WAS BORN ON APRIL 10TH 1938 IN HAITI TO HER LATE FATHER, JOSEPH CHARITE SAINT-HILAIRE AND THE LATE MOTHER, COLASTIE JOSEPH. SHE WAS RAISED IN PETITE RIVIÈRE DE L'ARTIBONITE. SHE WAS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN., STRONG, CARING, NURTURING , ASSERTIVE, CONFIDENT, AND HARDWORKING.
IN HAITI, SHE WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR WHO OWNED A SMALL STORE. SHE WAS EMPLOYED AS A FASHION DESIGNER WITH SPECIALTY IN CROCHET, BEADING AND EMBROIDERY. SIMULTANEOUSLY, SHE WAS AN EVENT PLANNER. AS MOST OF THE LADIES OF HER GENERATION, SHE KNEW HOW TO COOK WELL, MAKE HER OWN PERSONAL OUTFITS AND HOME DECORATIONS. SHE WAS A PROVIDER. AS THE OLDEST FEMALE AND THE THIRD IN A FAMILY OF NINE WHO SUDDENLY LOST THEIR MOTHER, SHE ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WELL-BEING OF HER YOUNGER SIBLINGS.
IN 1970, ANELIE EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE FOR HER AND HER SIBLINGS. THROUGH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION SHE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT HER FATHER AND SIBLINGS IN HAITI. IN 1972, ANELIE MET AND MARRIED HER HUSBAND, THE LATE DONALD CORDON IN 1972. FROM THAT UNION CAME TWO SONS, ANDRE MAURICE (1973) AND THURLUS AARON (1976). IN 1993, AFTER THE PASSING OF HER YOUNGER SISTER MARIE WILLIDE, SHE BECAME THE GUARDIANS OF HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN: NAHOMIE AND WILBERT. THROUGHOUT ALL HER ENDEAVORS SHE HAD NEVER DENIED ANYONE OF US HER MOTHERLY LOVE.
ANELIE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS JOSEPH CHARITE AND COLASTIE, SIBLINGS MARIE WILLIDE AND CHRISTIAN. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY HER SONS ANDRE (MAYARA), THURLUS (MILISSA). NIECE & NEPHEW NAHOMIE (JONATHAN) AND WILBERT. GREAT NIECE AND NEPHEW JONAH AND JONICA GRAY. THREE SISTERS, PHILOMEN MARTHA BORGELLA, MARIE SUZANNE VALLON AND OLIANE JEAN-GILLES . THREE BROTHERS, PIERRE SIMEON, JOSEPH MARTEL ,JOSEPH ERIC AND A HOST OF NEICES, NEPHEWS,IN-LAWS AND FRIENDS.