Connie Poage Obituary

Age - 83

September 10, 2023

Laddonia, MO

Memorial services for Connie Karen Poage, 83, of Perry, will be at 3:00 PM Saturday September 9, 2023 at Olivet Christian Church in Center with pastor Steve Goughnour officiating. Private family burial will be held at a later date in Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until the time of the service at the church. Mrs. Poage passed away at 1:32 PM September 5, 2023 at University Hospital in Columbia. Connie was born December 24, 1939 in Beloit, Kansas the daughter of Hobart and Helen Ruth Wirth Leach. She married Jesse Eugene Poage on December 5, 1957 in Salina, KS and he preceded her in death on December 18, 2015. Survivors include two sons; Mark (Wendy Hamman) Poage of Clovis, CA and Dale (Nancy Knotts) Poage of Perry, two daughters; Cathy (Paul) Beamer of Columbia and Lori Kelsay of Mexico. eleven grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren, along with nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Jesse, one brother Terry Leach and one sister Sandra Leach. Connie worked at the Perry Medical Clinic for over twenty years and was a member of Olivet Christian Church in Center. She enjoyed reading and shopping but most of all she enjoyed her time with friends and family. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren, Joshua and Jonathan Calhoun, Michael and Austin Poage, Braden Beamer, Michael Hamman, Connor Kelsay, Tonya Hawkins, Taylour Ward, Ashlee Hitt, and JoAnn Holem. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Assn. or the Olivet Christian Church in care of Bienhoff Funeral Home, P. O. Box 427 Perry, MO 63462.

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