Chloris ‘Cori’ Ladonna Conner Williams

Chlo­ris “Cori” Ladonna Con­ner Williams, 92, of Delaware passed away at home Sun­day (April 22, 2012).

She was born on Jan. 13, 1920, in Coshoc­ton County to the late For­rest L. and Lola M. (Mohr) Con­ner. A grad­u­ate of Plain­field High School in 1939, she was a metic­u­lous stu­dent. Cori was employed at the Lazarus Co., work­ing as a checker, slip cover maker, pre-retail assis­tant and import desk asso­ciate. A res­i­dent of Colum­bus the major­ity of her life, she moved to Delaware in 2005 to be near fam­ily. For­ever spir­i­tual, she was a mem­ber of the North Broad­way United Methodist Church and a for­mer mem­ber of the O.E.S. Most loyal to every fam­ily mem­ber, she was hon­est and found the good in every­one. She was multi-generational and always found ways to be included in her family’s activ­i­ties. She was hap­pi­est out­doors, tend­ing to her yard, lawn and rose gar­den. She loved to read The Colum­bus Dis­patch, even doing so to the very end. Though she did not have chil­dren of her own, Cori will be remem­bered for her love of chil­dren, as she was a mother to many.

She is sur­vived by sister-in-law, Sara (Tum­blin) Con­ner Cox of Knoxville, Tenn.; nieces and nephews, Teresa (Jerry) Massey of Troy, Carol (Charles) Dun­can of War­saw, Cecil (Judy) Shroyer, Gary (Becky) Shroyer of Coshoc­ton, Mar­lene (Joseph) Grif­fith all of Coshoc­ton, Bobby (Rita) Con­ner of Bar­ring­ton, Ill., Mar­cia (Tom) Kring of Pow­ell, Tenn., and Larry (Cyn­thia) Con­ner of Wis­con­sin; beau­ti­cian, help mate and niece, Kay Shroyer of Delaware, as well as many loved great-nieces, nephews and extended family.

In addi­tion to her par­ents she was also pre­ceded in death by her hus­band, William “Bill” in 1975, broth­ers, Ken­neth and Carl Con­ner; sis­ters, Helen (Eugene) Shroyer and Pearl (Clarence) Lahna; niece, Nancy (Con­ner) Forsyth; and nephew, K. Richard “Dick” Shroyer.

Friends may call from 1 to 4 p.m. Fri­day and ser­vices will fol­low at 4 p.m. in the Rod­man Neeper Funeral Home, 1510 W. William St. at Val­ley­side Drive, Delaware, with Cel­e­brant Don Lock­wood offi­ci­at­ing. Friends are then invited to join the fam­ily for food and fel­low­ship in the funeral home com­mu­nity room fol­low­ing the services.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to The Coun­cil for Older Adults for the Alzheimer’s Assoc.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at rodmanneeper.com.

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