O'Connor, Alexander Scott was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on August 12, 1968. Alec grew up in Minnetonka and attended St David's School and Groveland School. When the family moved to Venezuela, Alec attended the Fessenden School in West Newton, Massachusetts. Upon graduation from Fessenden, he attended the Northfield Mount Herman School in Northfield, Massachusetts and the Hyde School in Bath, Maine and later graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1991. After graduation, he traveled extensively in Venezuela where his father was employed by the Venezuelan subsidiary of The Pillsbury Company. He then returned to the US where he began his career with Norwest Bank and later with Wells Fargo Bank in Minneapolis. In 2009 he joined his father in Guatemala working as a financial analyst in his father's company. Alec passed away suddenly at his home in Antigua, Guatemala on June 6, 2012. He was 43 years old. A mass of Christian burial is scheduled for Saturday, June 30 at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Summit, New Jersey. Burial will be at St. Teresa of Avila Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Bradley-Brough Funeral Home, Chatham, New Jersey to send a message of condolence go to www.bradleyfuneralhomes.com Survivors include his father and stepmother, Gerald A. O'Connor, Jr. and Juliana M. O'Connor of Guatemala City and his mother, Gloria C. O'Connor of Devon, Pennsylvania; Alicia and Tom Thompson; Mary Elizabeth and Frank Allen; cousins Kimberly Thompson, Marisa Thompson, Mark Allen, Lisa Allen and Cynthia Allen; and very special friend Tracey M. Weber of West Des Moines, Iowa.
This obituary was originally published in the Star Tribune.
I met Alec while we were in the General College at the U of M around Freshman year and had a bunch of classes together. I hadn't seen him in many years and found out about his passing when I was looking him up online. My condolences to his family.
Mark Frame
November 04, 2023
Alec and I met while we worked at Norwest Investments in the late 1990's and we dated for about a year. I remember his dogs and that his favorite movie was "Jeffrey" with Patrick Stewart (though he would also watch Xena with me). I can't believe that it has been 10 years since his passing or 20 years since we worked together.
Chris Robinson
May 14, 2022 | Friend
I have quite a few memories of playing youth sports with Alec. Things that I remember about Alec include the nickname that everyone called him (Booger), the horses at his parents' property, and the fact that he moved a lot around the country to attend various boarding schools. I want to extend my sympathies to his family for their loss.
Dave Dow
September 05, 2019 | Fort Worth, TX
I have a funny memory related to Alec which inspired a catchphrase that I ended up using at later jobs. One day when I was at Norwest, Alec wanted to speak to me and said "step into my office". What was humorous about this was that his "office" was a cubicle in a sea of other cubicles. While that came across as somewhat pretentious at the time (given that he was in a serious mood), I later incorporated the "step into my office" line as a means of humor at future jobs in which I had my own...
James Jacobson
April 17, 2018 | Minneapolis, MN
Alec a part of who I am today is because of you.
Wish we could have kept in contact after WFI
I will miss you and always remember you!
Pete Urbanski
May 31, 2017 | Eagan, MN
Lori and Gerry, kindly accept my belated condolences for the passing of our son Alec. I met Alec in 1999 and worked for him for 3 years. He was a great manager and friend. I lost his contacts a while ago and fe years back I was told he had moved to Guatemala. For the last 2 month, I have ben wondering how has he been and life in Guatemala and today I reached to a friend in Minneapolis who shared with me the sad news of Alec passing away. Alec inspired and gave me the energy and the drive to...
Dan Nkurlu
May 21, 2013 | Dallas, TX
I was just trying to send Alec an email message. Alec lived with Warren, myself and our kids while he was going to the UofM and working at Penn Cycle. We are so sorry to hear of your loss. We all loved Alec. We are beyond words. He called Warren last summer and we were reaching out to him today and his email bounced back.
Laurel Hanlon
January 24, 2013 | Bloomington, MN
Lori,
I am very sorry to hear about your loss.
I looking forward to your visiting
Minneapolis. I never knew Alec but
he appeared to be a very kind and sensative man who loved animals.
Love,
Laurel
July 07, 2012
Lori and Gerry, I am so very sorry for the loss of your precious son. You were
kind, sweet parents who deeply loved him and lost him much too young. I have adorable pictures of Alec and you together and am so happy I knew him
and had the opportunity to love him too! United in friendship, my prayers are with you now and always.
Marge Taylor
Marge Taylor
July 03, 2012 | Sauk Rapids, MN
