Sister M Cornelia Conrady was born at Springfield, Missouri on April 10, 1889. Her father was from Switzerland , her mother from Germany.

The date of her entrance is not recorded, but she was invested on August 28, 1909 and professed as Sister M. Cornelia on August 28, 1910.

Sister was a young, rosy-cheeked, happy person, very self-sacrificing and dedicated. She worked in the printery. Quick consumption brought her life to an early close on March 15, 1913, at the age of twenty-four, having made perpetual vows on her death-bed on the 12th.

During her last illness, Sister expressed regret that now she would have no more opportunities to offer sacrifices.