Growing up, Connie attended Rosemont Alliance Church in Lincoln. She graduated from Lincoln Northeast HS and received her Bachelor and Master’s in Music Education from the University of Kansas.
Connie was a music teacher in Melvern and Kansas City, KS Public Schools. She loved her students and co-workers at the schools and produced beautiful musicals and programs.
Connie was a woman of strong faith throughout her life, including as a breast cancer survivor. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Shawnee Mission in Kansas City, and served as a pianist, choir director, children’s choir director and deaconess during her time there.
Connie was a wonderful aunt and great aunt, a loyal friend to many and was always ready to help anyone in need. She was an excellent cook/baker as well as a seamstress (sewed many Halloween costumes for nieces and nephew) and she was a talented stamper. She loved her Pomeranian dogs.
Family members include her brother Mark Kelley (Cheryl); nieces Summer Janssen (Chris) and Andrea Mailhot (Michael); nephew Benjamin Kelley (Kim); great niece and great nephews. Preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral service: 11:00 am Saturday, November 22, 2025, Roper and Sons Midtown Chapel, 4300 O Street, Lincoln, NE. Interment in Fairview Cemetery.
Visitation one hour prior to service time.
Memorials to the family for future designation.