Barbara J. Conner

Barbara J. (Goodmanson) Conner, 63, of Grinnell and formerly of Glidden died December 3, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Grinnell. Funeral service will be held at 10:30am on Monday, December 7, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Glidden with Rev. Lorinda Hoover officiating. Friends may call at the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden after 5:00pm on Sunday where there will be a prayer service held at 6:30pm. The casket will be moved to the church at 9:00 A.M. on Monday where visitation will resume until the time of service. Casket bearers will be Mark Conner, Roger Grimm, Stan Best, Jim Genter, Roger Hartwigsen, and Alan Thompson. Burial will be in the Merle Hay Memorial Cemetery near Glidden. Arrangements are under the direction of the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden and online condolences may be left for the family at www.dahnandwoodhouse.com Barbe was born on April 11, 1952 in Glidden, Iowa and was the daughter of G.S. “Goodie” Goodmanson and Elinor (Vaughan) Goodmanson. Barbe lived in Glidden for most of her life, attending Glidden schools and worshipping at the United Methodist Church. She married Rodney A. Conner in 1974 and their marriage ended in 2011. Together they had a daughter, Andrea B. Conner. Barbe contributed to the community and found great joy in her activities, which included UMC choir, serving as a UMC lay speaker, GRASP, and Speak Up. She also loved her career in nursing, first in family practice and then in Carroll schools and Carroll hospice. A highlight of her career was a month-long Rotary trip to England in 1985. Barbe enjoyed singing, reading mystery novels, quilting, playing cards, and doting over her grandson, Vaughan. Her strength and resilience, coupled with a perpetually positive outlook on life, served as an example to all who loved her. Surviving are her daughter Andrea and her husband J. Alex Thompson of Grinnell; her grandson Vaughan C. Conner-Thompson; her sister Jane E. Grimm and her husband Roger G. Grimm of St. Paul, Minnesota; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.