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Sunday, November 26, 2023
Margaret Goeser "Marge" Connell
Age: 92
City: Omaha
Funeral Home
Heafey Hoffman Dworak and Cutler
Sunday, November 26, 2023
Margaret Goeser "Marge" Connell
Margaret Goeser "Marge" Connell
Omaha, Nebraska
Margaret Goeser "Marge" Connell, age 92 years, passed away on Nov. 21, 2023, at Parson’s House in Omaha, NE. Marge was born on Jan. 12, 1931, to Henry C. Goeser and Mary Wingert Goeser; she lived on the family farm just outside of Earling, Iowa with her seven brothers and one sister. She attended Saint Joseph’s Elementary and High School, both in Earling.
After attending college in Wisconsin for one year, she moved to Omaha and worked for the Union Pacific Railroad prior to her marriage and her transition to homemaker for a family of six children. With her children grown, she later worked for Commercial Federal Savings and Loan and OPPD prior to her retirement in 2001.
She was united in marriage to Richard P. Connell on May 2, 1953, with whom she spent more than 60 years together.
She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings; son, Robert, who passed away in 1968.
Survivors include five children and their spouses: Patrick and Mary (Kunes) Connell, Charles and Pamela Connell Hunt, John and Terri (Perrone) Connell, Glen and Mary Connell Langenfeld, and Richard and Tiz (Roth) Connell; eleven grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren.
Visitation
: Thursday, Nov. 30, 5-7pm West Center Chapel followed by Vigil, 7pm. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL: Friday, Dec. 1, 10:30am, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 14330 Eagle Run Dr. Internment, Calvary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Bethlehem House in Omaha, 2301 S 15th St, Omaha, NE 68108.
Arrangements by: Heafey Hoffmann Dworak Cutler
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