Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Conner, Thomas Lawrence 2007
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, October 24, 2007


Thomas Lawrence Conner was born March 19,1923 in Grand Rapids, Mich. the son 
of Lawrence and Lona Voelker Conner and died Monday Oct. 22, 2007 at his home 
in Ionia Mich.

He attended Ionia Public Schools and Michigan State College. During WW II he 
served with the Army Air Corps in India and China. In 1948 Mr. Conner married 
Mary Virginia Howell of Arlington, Va. in Washington DC. In 1947 he launched a 
diverse business career, many of the organizations running simultaneously: 
Specialty Products Distributors, Washington DC, Conner Office Equipment, 
Conner's Furniture, Ionia, Mich.; Conner Discounter's, Belding Mich, Tom 
Conner Realty, Maderia Beach, Fla., Carlo Corporation, Grand Rapids Mich., 
Beauty Plus, Inc. Greenville, Ionia and Grand Rapids Mich., Conner Auto 
Supply, Greenville and Ionia Mich. (owned and operated for twelve years 
launched by his father Lawrence Conner).

Mr. Conner's wife Mary died in 1980. He married Leone Anne Ostrander at the 
First Baptist Church in Greenville, Mich. in 1982. He retired in 1984. While 
retired Mr. Conner has written a novel “Return to Rapid River.” During 
retirement Mr. And Mrs. Conner have been spending the winter months in a 
warmer climate.

Mr. Conner is survived by his wife of 25 years Leone of Ionia; his daughter 
Karen and Steven Zdon of Alger, Mich.; his son Stephen H. Conner of Grand 
Rapids; his grandchildren, Heather and Marty Pochmara and Meredith and Cary 
Hicks, great-grandchildren, Sarah and Madeline; his stepchildren, Valerie and 
Murray Wise of Naples, Fla., Marshall Derek Johnson of Stuart, Fla. and 
Mitchall Davis Johnson of Hugo, Minnesota; stepgrandchildren, Ryan, Cody, 
Ashley Johnson, J.D. Steed, Heidi Hatton, Felicia, Serena and Julianna 
Johnson; stepgreat-grandchildren, Will, Sam, Anna Grace, Scott, Kyle and 
Connor; his wife's sisters, Laura Lee and Larry McCrory of Altoona, Iowa and 
Gloria and Jim Cole of Sand Lake. 

Funeral services will be Thursday Oct. 25, 2007 at 7 p.m. at First Baptist 
Church of Greenville with Rev. Paul Dickson officiating. Burial and committal 
services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Balcom Cemetery, Ionia. Visitation will be 
from 5-7 p.m. at the church on Thursday. Memorial contributions may be made to 
First Baptist Church or Hospice of Michigan.  Arrangements are by Hurst 
Funeral Home, Greenville.



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