Date: 5/18/2009
JOSEPH EDWARD CONNELL October 8, 1930
February 27, 2009. Joe was born and raised in Niagara
Falls where he attended LaSalle High School and captained
its football team. After marrying his wife Patty (the
former Patricia Jane Parsons of Royal Oak, Michigan) and
graduating from Antioch College, Joe served as a naval
officer in Washington D.C. He then began a career in
public accounting with Coopers and Lybrand, where he rose
to become a partner while working in Detroit, Minneapolis,
and Des Moines.