Connie Grace Palcher

Connie Grace Palcher, 73, passed away October 16, 2012 at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 22, 2012 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 274 Orchard, KCK 66101. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday, October 21 at Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home, 701 N. 94th St., KCK, with a Rosary to be prayed at 6:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Church or to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Connie was born on July 20, 1939 in Kansas City, MO to James (Moon) Muder and Jean (Cole) Muder. She grew up living with her parents and grandparents, who shaped her life. Although she was an only child, Connie grew up with a very close relationship to her many cousins. She graduated from Washington High School in 1957 and attended Donnelly College. Connie worked at AT&T for ten years as a technical clerk before becoming a stay-home mom when her second daughter was born. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi for over 50 years and in May of this year, she received the highest degree of the organization – The Torch Bearer. Connie loved spending time with her husband Frank at their winter home in Pharr, Texas, where she enjoyed playing cards with the other residents of Winter Haven Village. She also enjoyed attending musical jam sessions with Frank while in Pharr as well as Frank’s local Kansas City accordion band performances. She was an avid KU Basketball fan and enjoyed cooking and sewing. Connie also enjoyed spending time with her family at their cabin at Lake of the Ozarks, which was built by hand by her father and husband.

Connie was preceded in death by her parents James and Jean Muder. She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years, Frankie Lee Palcher of the home, and no man ever loved a woman more; her daughters Beth Anne Rupert and fiancé James Kornegay of Shawnee, KS, Jeanene Marie Goodwin and her husband Jim of Lawrence, KS, and Jamie Susanne Carey of Basehor, KS; as well as her three grandchildren, Brandon Lee Goodwin, Alexander Cole Wall; and Sydney Marie Goodwin.

Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.chapelhill-butler.com.