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Obit for Frances Eloise McConnell

Frances Eloise McConnell

Frances Eloise McConnell, 83, of Amarillo died Monday, May 20, 2002.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Sunset Memorial Gardens in
Odessa with Perry Hunsaker of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Amarillo
officiating. Arrangements are by Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S.
Bell St.

Mrs. McConnell was born in Wichita Falls on Jan. 13, 1919. She married her
high school sweetheart, Loyd Albert McConnell, on Sept. 28, 1937, in Wichita
Falls. They were married 47 years.

She was a generous person to her family and friends in times of trouble. She
was a great cook who loved cooking for her family at gatherings. She played
bridge for many years and was an avid "42" player.

She embroidered, was an excellent seamstress, crocheted and made many
afghans for her family and quilted blankets for new babies in the family.

She and her husband traveled the 49 states and fished for trout and hunted jack
rabbits in the 1950s. She was an excellent shot and a quail hunter.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1985.

Survivors include a son, Loyd A. McConnell Jr. and wife, Janice, of Amarillo; a
daughter, Carol Schmieding and husband, Allen, of Amarillo; eight
grandchildren, Michael McLendon of Odessa, Valarie Phillips of Winnemucca,
Nev., James McLendon and Janella Schmieding, both of Amarillo, Christine
Brown of Houston, Cindy McConnell of Austin, Laci Case of Lubbock and
Gretchen Schmieding of Ardmore, Okla.; seven great-grandchildren; a brother,
R.L. Dodd of Fort Worth; and a sister, Martha Young of Mission.

The family suggests memorials be to First Methodist Church of Odessa or St.
Paul United Methodist Church of Amarillo.

Amarillo Globe-News, May 22, 2002