- Date Of Birth: September 6, 1929
- Date Of Death: January 23, 2019
- State: Iowa
Cornelia “Connie” Kathryn Stearns, the daughter of Frank and May Fern (Hoiser), was born on September 6, 1929, in Plover, Iowa. She was raised in the Plover area and graduated from Manson Schools and for a brief time attended beauty school.
On March 12, 1950, Connie was united in marriage with George W. Kraft in Manson. The couple established their home in Goldfield where she was a homemaker and worked as a waitress in several local area restaurants.
Connie loved being with her family, gardening, cooking, baking (especially bread), canning, quilting, sewing and embroidering. She also enjoyed taking care of the farm animals, her pets and feeding and watching the deer and birds.
Connie passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, at the Paula Baber Hospice Home in Fort Dodge, at the age of 89 years. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband George; seven sisters, Olive Stearns (in infancy), Eunice Maulsby, Florence Dickinson, June Hotovec, Betty Sease, Dorcas Brazier and Rachel Freeman and four brothers, Clarence, Paul, Frank Jr. and Alan.
Connie is survived by her three sons: Mike Kraft (Diane), Greg Kraft (Ramona) and Roy Kraft (Jodi), all of Goldfield; four grandchildren: Joanna Carlson (Ben), Daniel Kraft (Nicole Roth), Sarah Kraft and Jenna Kraft; two sisters: Joy Sorensen of Goldfield and Jackie Hudson of Fort Dodge; sisters-in-law: Betty Stearns of Gilmore City and Nadene Nutter of Shelton, NE and many nieces, nephews and friends.
