Vergie Shrader Conner

Vergie Shrader Conner, age 80 of Stratford, Connecticut passed away on Friday, October 8, 2010 in Bridgeport Hospital. Vergie, a retired supervisor for Remington Products, was born in Montcalm, West Virginia to the late Henry and Lura (Martin) Shrader and was a long time Connecticut resident. She had a great talent and love for making crafts for family and friends. She truly enjoyed preparing her Southern meals and she will forever be remembered for her delicious “beans and cornbread” dinners. Survivors include her beloved children James Conner and his wife Mary-Anne of Connecticut, Lois Bray Kaminski and her husband Frank, and Wanda Thomsen and her husband Jonny, all of Florida, 4 grandchildren Frank Kaminski, James Conner and his wife Carissa, Brett Conner, Amy Lee and her two children Sharmel and Melek King, her longtime loving companion Bernard Reilly and his family of Connecticut, a brother Lester Shrader of Bluefield, West Virginia, and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was pre-deceased by her husbands William Bray and Alfred Conner, 4 brothers Henry, John, Buster and Larmer, and 4 sisters, Effie, Marie, Elvira and Betty. Funeral service will be held on Friday, October 15, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell, WV with the Rev. Preston Mathena officiating the service. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton, WV. Friends and family may call at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell, WV on Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations in Vergie’s memory to the Dravet Syndrome Foundation, 11 Nancy Drive, Monroe, CT 06468 or to the Dan Orlovsky Foundation, c/o Jim Wood, 142 Longfellow Road, Shelton, CT 06484.