Connie Beth Wallace

     Connie Beth Wallace, 60, Nevada, MO passed away, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO. Connie was born December 27, 1963 in Kansas City, KS to Delbert Lee and Donna Kay (Gill) Merritt.

     Connie is survived by her husband, Brian E. Wallace of the home; three children, Samuel Cawthorne, Nevada, Brian Wallace, Nevada, and Caitlin Wallace, Bellevue, NE; her mother, Donna Pruett; and a sister, Cathy Blacklock. She was a proud grandmother to Bradley Cawthorne, Katherine Cawthorne, and Brian Patrick Cawthorne; as well as great-grandmother to Levi Cawthorne.

     Connie was devoted to her family first and foremost. She loved to go to “Mountain Man” rendezvous and reenacting the 1825 to 1840 era. She enjoyed fishing and the following dinner of catfish. Connie recently developed a passion for making bracelets out of seed beads and sewing haversacks. She had a love of animals of all types, but especially loved horses and dogs.

     No services are planned at this time.  

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