Patricia Ann “Trish” Conner, 75, of Springfield passed away on March 27, 2019 at St. John’s Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born on November 30, 1943 in Bay City, Michigan to William and Beatrice Alma Draper Price Sr. Trish married James Conner on December 14, 1991 in Bellevue, Washington and he survives.
Mrs. Conner is also survived by her children: Gary (Brenda), Melissa (James), Tim (Colleen) and Bethany (Mark), fourteen grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and two sisters: Kate and Sandy. She was preceded in death by one daughter Janice and one brother Corbett.
Trish obtained a degree in accounting and a secondary degree in cost engineering. She worked for Boeing as a cost scheduling engineer and also worked at the Boeing Skin & Spar Plant. Mrs. Conner was very involved with the Issaquah, Washington Chamber of Commerce and she attained their highest honor of Queen Sammaish. Trish’s campaign manager at the chamber was the famed entertainer Pat Boone. Trish and James moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 2000 and shortly after she became the President of BPW, fundraising for young women to offset college tuition expenses. In 2008 Trish and James retired to Springfield where she enjoyed playing golf.
The family is hosting a memorial gathering on Saturday April 13, 2019 at ANSAR Temple AAONMS, 630 South Sixth Street from 1:00pm-3:00pm. Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children and please visit the online “Life Remembered Story” at www.bischandsonfuneralhome.com.
