Jul 01, 2021

Janice LaRee Conner |1933-2021|

Posted Jul 01, 2021 9:24 PM

Janice LaRee Conner, 88, passed away June 29, 2021, at Mennonite Friendship Communities, South Hutchinson. She was born January 11, 1933, in Pratt, to Walter Edwin and Elvira Belle (Meredith) Northrop.

Janice was a 1951 graduate of Pratt High School, Pratt. She worked many years at Mennonite Friendship Communities in the housekeeping/laundry department and as a nurse aide.

On March 3, 1951, she married Anthony ‘Tony’ D. McGraw, in Pratt. He died December 11, 1972. Janice married Wayne E. Conner, in South Hutchinson, on October 5, 1973. He died April 3, 1988.

She is survived by: children, David (Beverly) McGraw of Florida, Daniel McGraw of Hutchinson, and Ginger Shumpert of Wichita; grandchildren, John (Tina) McGraw, Jim (Angie) McGraw, Anthony McGraw, Kimberly Guerrero, Sean (Savannah) McGraw, Kelly (Bryan) Dickerson, Isaac Millett, and Alex (Morgan) Shumpert; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; sister, Karen Conner; brother, Harry Northrop; daughter-in-law, Sherry McGraw; and son-in-law, Terry Millett.

Janice was preceded in death by: her parents; husbands, Anthony and Wayne; son, Tony McGraw; daughter, Colleen Millett; and nine siblings.

Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, July 17, 2021, at Elliott Mortuary Chapel. Burial will follow in the Partridge Cemetery, Partridge. Friends may sign the book from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at Elliott Mortuary.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, in care of Elliott Mortuary and Crematory, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.