He was preceded in death , in 2009 by his loving wife of 62 years, Vivian Gibbs Connolly, the mother of his six children.
John is survived by his brother, Richard A. Connolly and his wife , Connie Connolly, his six children, Vivian Connolly Painter and her husband, John Paul "Biff" Painter, Richard J. Connolly, Charles P. Connolly, his wife Judy O'Neal Connolly, Michael J. Connolly, his wife, Elizabeth Daily Connolly, Christine Connolly Barker Beard, Matthew E. Connolly, his wife, Mary-Beth Malone Connolly, 11 grandchildren, their spouses and 21 great-grandchildren as well as a multitude of nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, great-grandnieces and great-grand nephews.
At last, "Daddy John" is finally, truly, "peachy keen"!
Friends and relatives are invited to visitation from Noon-1pm, Friday August 24, 2018 at Lakeview Funeral Home, follow by a rosary and funeral mass at 2pm, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church; interment at Memory Park Cemetery to follow. In lieu of foliage, please preserve Daddy John's legacy, by acts of kindness to all, and acts of charity to those less fortunate.