![]() As a friend, Connie was kind, generous, loyal and always available for fellowship and fun, especially if it included a trip to Olive Garden.Ĭonnie will be dearly missed by many who will recall her beautiful smile, the twinkle in her eye and her kind heart. French toast was a particular favorite along with Christmas cookies, which Connie tended to decorate with LOTS of red-hots. They also thoroughly appreciated Connie’s skills as a cook and a baker. They fondly remember helping Connie and Jim run the cake walk at the Earlville Independence day celebration, going for ice cream every time their grandparents picked them up from school and singing in church on Christmas Eve with Connie accompanying on the piano. She was equally loving and dedicated to her grandchildren and great grandchild. ![]() This resulted in sewing lots of Merit Badges onto Boy Scout shirts, loads and loads of dirty camouflage gear and a freezer full of wild game, purchasing the first (probably) Apple IIe in Earlville, chaperoning rambunctious high school students around Germany and, in due time, wholeheartedly embracing a couple of eventual daughters-in-law. She was a loving and dedicated mother, interested in whatever her sons were interested in, and she fully supported their endeavors. And almost every evening with family or friends ended with a game (or twelve) of 500.Ĭonnie’s greatest joy, without a doubt, came from her family, followed closely by her many friends. She also loved a good party and she and Jim hosted many the annual Christmas Caroling parties and occasional sledding parties were legendary back in the day. The Christmas tree ornaments she painted are treasured by her children, grandchildren and dozens of friends and acquaintances around Earlville. In her free time Connie enjoyed dancing with Jim (mostly polkas but there was a brief disco phase!), playing piano, flower gardening and china painting. She was truly committed to community betterment efforts and she accumulated countless volunteer hours with the Earlville Community Club, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, various Maquoketa Valley School Committees and Booster Clubs, the EUP Church Council and Endowment Committee, P.E.O., Maquoketa Valley Dollars for Scholars and the Regional Hospital Auxiliary. Throughout her life Connie was deeply involved in her church, the Earlville United Parish (EUP), as well as many civic organizations in Earlville and the surrounding area. ![]() She also operated a small business selling Shaklee Home Products for many years. Connie was an essential partner with Jim at both the funeral home and the Clifton Insurance Agency. Eventually Jim and Connie purchased the funeral home and they lived and worked there for the next five decades or so, raising two sons along the way. Jim began work with his uncle at the Clifton Funeral Home in Earlville. ![]() After many months and many memorable adventures, some involving a decrepit automobile, the couple returned home to Iowa. The penurious newlyweds promptly took up residence in Germany where Jim was serving in the US Army. Clifton, of Earlville, IA, on February 11, 1961. Along with several siblings, she grew up on her parents’ farm near Delhi, IA and she attended the local public schools graduating from Delhi High School in 1960.Ĭonnie was united in marriage with James R. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Earlville.Ĭonnie was born, July 23, 1941, the daughter of Herman and Wilma (Grapes) Harbach. Additional visitation will be one hour prior to services on September 21 at the church. Family will great friends 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm, Wednesday, Septemat Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Earlville. Funeral Service will be 11:00 am, Thursday, Septemat Earlville United Parish. (Harbach) Clifton, 82, of Earlville, most recently of Winterset, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, Septemat Azria Health-Winterset.
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