Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Conn, Willie E September 17, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net January 3, 2011, 8:40 am Piqua Daily Call dated19-Sep-2009 Willie E. Conn, 75, of St. Paris, passed away at 11:37 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, in the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. He was born on March 15, 1934, in Soldier, Ky., a son of the late Harve and Minda (Tomlin) Conn. He married Dollie Ferguson on Oct. 30,1952, and she survives. Together they raised four children, Loretta (Ronald) Grise of Piqua, Danny (Penny) Conn, Dennis (Debbie) Conn and Gary (Griselda) Conn, all of St. Paris. He was a great dad and a loving grandfather to 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. He also is survived by one sister, Georgie Pelfry of Olive Hill, Ky. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by six brothers and three sisters. He was loved by many nieces and nephews. Willie was a member of the Trinity Community Church of Covington, a lifetime member of the Troy Fish & Game and the United Paper worker International Union. He worked for the St. Regis Paper Company, Troy for 43 years, retiring in 1998. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Atkins-Shively Funeral Home, 216 S. Springfield St., St. Paris, with the Rev. Michael Gross of the Trinity Community Church, Covington presiding. Burial will follow in Rosedale Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/obits/c/conn524gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb