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Donald Lance Connelly
August 17, 1946 – January 29, 2020 |
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| Donald Connelly, 73, of Stone City, died Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at Northbrook Manor Care Center in Cedar Rapids.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 8, 2020, at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa, where the family will greet friends from 9 a.m. to the time of service. Burial will be in Wilcox Cemetery, Viola, where military honors will be conducted by the Anamosa Veterans Honor Guard and the U. S. Navy.
Donald Lance Connelly was born August 17, 1946, in Anamosa, the son of Gerald and Mary (Strabala) Connelly. He attended Anamosa Community Schools and served his country in the U. S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He married Virginia Chapman in 1968. The couple made their home in Monticello and later divorced. He moved to Stone City a few years later and married Cathy Collman there in 1992. He died in 2001.
He was employed as a welder for FMC Link Belt Speeder in Cedar Rapids and later worked as a guard at the Iowa State Men’s Reformatory in Anamosa. He was a member of the VFW and drill team in Monticello and enjoyed watching television, especially westerns and “MASH,” canoeing and fishing, driving old cars, riding motorcycles and cheering on the Broncos. He enjoyed a simple, quiet life.
He is survived by his children, Angie (Keith) Melsha, Cedar Rapids, Lance (Vivian) Connelly, San Ramon, California, Amy (Kent) Zirtzman, Manchester and Joseph (Anna) Connelly, Grand Rapids, Minnesota; grandchildren, Trevor Melsha, Rylee Melsah, Isaac Zirtzman, Olivia Zirtzman, Aidan Zirtzman, Samantha Connelly and Allison Connelly; his siblings, Terry (Anita) Gingerich, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Marilynn (Paul) Sternick, Melbourne, Florida and Mike (Michelle) Connelly, Loudon, Tennessee; a sister-in-law, Sue (Roger) Smith, Stone City; a very good friend, Mike “Birddog” McCullough, Stone City; and by several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his wife Cathy, he was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law, Ken Collman.
The family would like to thank the staff at Above & Beyond Home Health Care, St. Luke’s Hospice Care and Northbrook Manor Care Facility for the care they provided for Don.
Submitted by: Janet A. Brandt
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