Connie Brown Welker passed away on April 25, 2022 at the age of 89. Connie was born on October 24, 1932 in Mesa, Arizona to loving parents John Brown and Lillie Fish Brown. She lived in Mesa all of her life. Connie was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Rene Welker, and daughter Angela.
Connie graduated from her beloved Mesa High School in 1950 and the Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing in 1953. Later that same year she was sealed to her eternal companion Dale in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They were blessed to have 5 children: Angela (deceased), Jeffery Dale Welker (Cindy), Gregory Scott Welker, Wendi Sunderhaus (Herb), Amy Williams (Kurt).
Connie spent the better part of her life working as a homemaker and serving faithfully in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her greatest happiness was found with her husband, children, 11 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. She knew each one of them well and they all adored her. Connie’s life was spent in the service of her Heavenly Father, her family, and the friends she loved. She leaves a legacy of Christ-like love and unwavering faith.
A visitation for friends and family will be held Wednesday evening, May 4th, from 6-8 PM at the Bunker Family Garden Chapel, 33 N Centennial Way, Mesa. All are welcome.
A graveside service will be held Thursday morning, May 5th, at 10 AM, at the Mesa Cemetery, 1212 N Center Street.
Arrangements by Bunker’s Garden Chapel, www.bunkerfuneral.com. Should this obituary appear anywhere but bunkerfuneral.com, please check our website for accurate details and service information.
WE HAVEOWN CONNIE SINCE 1957. THESE PAST 64 YEARS WE HAVE SPENT LOTS OF WONDERFUL TIMES WITH DALE AND CONNIE AND FAMILY. CAMPING TRIPS , TRIPS TO SAN DIEGO ,GREER ALAKLPINE AND MANY OTHERS. WE WOULD GO WATER SKING BUT CONNIE WOULD NOT GET IN THE LAKE BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID OF THE GATORS IN THE LAKE. CONNIE WAS A DANDY WE WILL MISS HER AND OUR VISITS WITH HER. WHAT A WONDERFUL PERSON OUR LOVE TO THE FAMILY WE HAD OVER 65 YEARS OF GOOD TIMES WITH HER AND DALE
WE HAVE KNOWN CONNIE FOR OVER 64 PLUS YEARS. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL WOMEN. MARLENE AND I HAVE GONE ON MANY TRIPS WITH HER AND DALE. SAN DIEGO COLORADO AND CAMPING IN GREER AND ALPINE. SPENT MANY TIMES PLAYING CARDS, NEW YEARS EVES, BIRTHDAYS TOGETHE.R NEVER MET A KINDER OR LOVING PERSON SHE WAS A DANDY. MARLENE SAID SHE WILL LOSE HER ONLY FRIEND
ONCE WE WENT WATER SKING AT CANYON LAKE AND CONNIE WOULD NOT GET IN THE LAKE BECAUSE SHE SAID THERE WERE GATORS IN THERE. WE WILL REALLY MISS HER THATS FOR SURE
I remember Connie because I rode the same bus she did when we went to school at Mesa High School. She was a grade ahead of me, and I remember her wearing her Girls League sweater and how nice she looked. She really impressed me at school and we became friends and were friends over the years and enjoyed being in the same Ward (Church) together with the same friends. Dale, her husband took pictures of a son we lost at birth and that was comforting thing for us. Dale was also a friend of my late husband, Donald Glen Millett. I will miss seeing her at our Church meetings, she was a sweet and wonderful friend.