Connie Coeur Leo

Connie Coeur Leo Connie a Eureka native, died Sunday June 22 following a long illness of COPD and lung cancer. Born March 24, 1946 Connie attended Marshall Grammar School and was a graduate of Eureka High School where she was a straight "A" student. This enabled her to enter Cal-Berkeley with honors in the fall. This was also a time when college campuses were in total rebellion regarding the Vietnam War. Cal-Berkeley was in turmoil led by an anti-war radical Mario Savio. Savio and his followers had a number of freshman and younger students half scared causing them to leave Cal. Connie returned to Eureka and took a job with Bell-Telephone and Telegraph. About this time she also married an old boyfriend Brian Lee, Tracy's father. Connie retired from Bell-Telephone as an assistant manager in 1987 the only job she ever had. Volunteering to help with the younger children at Washington Elementary School in retirement gave her a great deal of pleasure. However, the real pleasure and enjoyment came from watching her two grandsons Tanner and Trevor Bell grow up never missing an athletic event they may be involved in. Connie took considerable pride in her garden never a blade of grass out of place, her flower beds immaculate and hedges neatly clipped. Her home was just like her garden, not a thing out of place and spotless thru-out. Connie wouldn't take her car out of the garage on a rainy day if she could avoid it. That meant the car would have to be washed before returning to the garage. Connie leaves her daughter Tracy and husband Chris of Eureka, her grandson's Trevor and Tanner Bell of Eureka, her father Gerry Coeur and wife Georgann of Bayside, her brother Jeff Coeur and wife Ann of Rancho Murieta and a sister Marcia of Atlanta, Georgia plus numerous cousins throughout the area. Memorial contributions can be made to Hospice or an area of the donor's choice. At Connie's request there will be no funeral service. Please sign the guestbook at www.times-standard.com and click on obituaries.