Born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 18, 1920, the younger of
two daughters born to Leo Milton Brown and Edna Elfie Felts Brown,
Connie Pipkin entered into eternal rest on June 8, 2019.
As a child Connie was an avid reader, played piano and tennis, and
was active in her church youth fellowship. After graduating high
school in 1937 at the age of 16, she held clerical positions at
Businessmen’s Assurance Company and Sears Roebuck in Kansas
City. She met Gus Pipkin on a blind date in 1939. They were married in
1942 after which she courageously followed him to Texas for his flight
training. While Gus flew B-17s in Europe in WWII, Connie remained in
Kansas City with her mother, awaiting the birth of their son Terry on
April 4, 1945. Soon after the war ended and Gus returned, their
daughter Dixie was born at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi on
October 2, 1946. Connie and Gus traveled the world during his Air
Force career and shared a love for music, choir and bowling. Their
final church family was at Sunrise Community Church in Fair Oaks
where they actively served and formed lasting friendships.
Connie was preceded in death by her parents, her older sister Leona
May Heimsoath, and her beloved husband Gus in 2016. She is
survived by son Terry Pipkin of Northridge, CA and daughter Dixie
Foote (Bob) of Folsom, CA; grandchildren James Pipkin, John Pipkin,
Elizabeth Wiser (James), Robert Tracy Foote (Cecilyn), and Teri
Putnam (Aaron); and great grandchildren Madison and Marley Foote
and Ella and Ethan Putnam. Her loving nephew Don Allen and his wife
Margy also survive her.
The family wishes to express its appreciation for the attentive and
loving care Connie received at Prairie City Landing Retirement
Community in Folsom, and for dear friend Donna Dews’ faithful visits
and spiritual support. Connie will be remembered as a good Christian
woman devoted to her family and strong in her belief that all things
were in accordance to God’s plan for her.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.MountVernonMemorial.com for the Pipkin family.
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