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Portrait of Connie Rae Grider
Forever in loving memory

Connie Rae Grider

April 15, 1934 – March 12, 2005
Lived 70 years
Abingdon Cemetery · Abingdon, Illinois
Life story

Loving and thoughtful daughter, wife, and mother of 4 kids who were her pride and joy. John, Jay, Ja’nice and Jenell. Connie loved how her kids were friends, not just siblings and she loved to see them have fun together. Connie raised her kids in the Christian faith, they attended Sunday school, Vacation Bible School and 2 of them

preformed in the Christian Teen Choir. She loved being a grandma to Abby, Zack, Jenna, Erin and Olivia and Nathanial. She never got to meet her last grandchild Katy. She would have been thrilled to be a Great Grandma! Ava, Joseph, Dino, Mila and Sadie. Oh boy would she be excited to know Erin and Austin are expecting twins 7/25!🥰

Connie worked as the bookkeeper for the library for 20+ years.

Connie always looked

For the good in people, never judged and to turn the other cheek.

Lifetime

The world Connie knew

Family milestones in gold, history for context

1934
Born April 15
1935
Connie was 1 when Parker Brothers released Monopoly
1942
Connie was 8 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1958
Connie was 24 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1969
Connie was 35 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1977
Connie was 43 when Star Wars opened in theaters
1982
Connie was 48 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1995
Connie was 61 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2001
Connie was 67 when Apple introduced the iPod
2005
Passed away March 12, age 70
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