Mary Elizabeth Conner

Mary Elizabeth Boots Conner, 85, of Bowling Green and formerly of Louisiana, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, at the Moore-Pike Nursing Home in Bowling Green.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at the Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana. The Rev. Robert Warren will officiate. Burial will be at Bethany Cemetery in Louisiana.

Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, at the funeral home.

Mrs. Conner was born Sept. 4, 1922, in Martinsburg Twp, Pike County, Ill., the daughter of John and Bertha Howell Boots.

She married Arthur William "Bill" Conner on April 6, 1940, in Bowling Green. He preceded her in death.

Survivors include one daughter, Carolyne S. Puskas and husband, Don, of Oakdale, Pa.; two sons, Robert W. "Bill" Conner and wife, Joy, of Middletown, and Kenneth R. Conner and wife, Janice, of Louisiana; one sister, Frances "Nan" Buchanan of Frankford, and a large extended family including nine grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Walter and Lloyd Boots of Louisiana, Leslie "Buck" Boots of Jacksonville, Ill., and Donald Boots of Van Buren; and four sisters, Susie Grimsley of New Canton, Ill., Lena Daniels of Pleasant Hill, Ill., Opal Motley of Rockport, Ill., and Maxine Cole of Louisiana.

She had been employed as a seamstress for Kamp Togs Garment Factory in Clarksville for a number of years. She was later employed at Louisiana Plastics Factory until her retirement.

Pallbearers will be Bill Conner, Kenneth Conner, Don Puskas, Matt Conner, Jimi Puskas and Bob Henderson.