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Raymond R. CONNOT

Raymond R. CONNOT

Male 1943 - 2023  (80 years)


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  • Name Raymond R. CONNOT  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 17 Apr 1943  Spencer, Boyd, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Ray CONNOT 
    Census 15 Apr 1950  Randall, Gregory, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 22 Jul 2023 
    Burial 26 Jul 2023  St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery/Spencer, Boyd, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3885  Rivera Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2025 

    Father Paul Mathuew CONNOT,   b. 6 Feb 1906, Boyd, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1989 (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Lucille J. NOZISKA,   b. 26 Jun 1915, Tripp, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1973, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1937  [5
    Family ID F1361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Arlene SOUKUP 
    Family ID F1551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S959] Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-2004.
      Name: Raymond R Connot
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 17 Apr 1943
      Birth Place: Boyd, Nebraska, USA
      Parent 1 Name: Paul M Connot
      Certificate Number: 06081
      Birth Certificate Type: Normal

    2. [S1121] 1950 U.S. Census, South Dakota, Gregory, Randall, Seventeenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 27-32, Sheet No. 2.
      Lines 1 thru 5

    3. [S1344] Obituary of Jeanne Ann SOULEK.
      Corsica – Jeanne Ann Soulek, 85, went to her heavenly home Saturday, May 25 at the Good Samaritan Center in Corsica. Funeral mass will be Friday, May 31 at 10:30 am at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Armour with burial following in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Armour. Visitation will be Thursday, May 30 from 5 to 7 pm, with a prayer service at 7:00 pm, at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Armour. Arrangements by Koehn Bros. Funeral Home in Armour.

      Jeanne was born March 15, 1939 to Paul and Lucille (Noziska) Connot in Spencer, NE. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic High School in O’Neill, NE before graduating from Pickstown High School in 1957. She was united in marriage to Richard Thomas Soulek on August 7, 1957 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Fairfax, SD. The couple lived and farmed near Armour, SD where they raised their 5 children. Jeanne was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church where she also taught CCD and was a member of the Altar Society. Early in their marriage, they enjoyed traveling in Europe and the past 40 years traveling across the United States. She was a member of the Pickstown Square Dance Club and enjoyed playing pinochle, knitting, crocheting, baking and sewing. She also volunteered at the Armour nursing home playing bingo with the residents and was a “professional baby holder”.

      Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Richard of Armour; 4 children: Daniel (Jonna) Soulek of Armour; Patricia (Ken) Cerny of Gregory, SD; Dennis “Joe” (Norma) Soulek of Armour; and Richard “Rick” (Lynn) Soulek of Rapid City, SD; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 3 siblings: Pauline (Roger) Waldo of O’Neill; Edward (Sue) Connot of Spencer; and Debbie (Rodney) Ludemann of Lynch, NE; and a sister-in-law, Arlene Connot of Spencer.

      She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Sandy Soulek; grandson, Tyler Soulek; brother, Raymond Connot; mother-in-law, Myrtle Soulek and fathers-in-law, Thomas Soulek and Alvin Kost.

      Visitation
      5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
      Thursday, May 30, 2024
      St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church
      204 1st St.
      Armour, South Dakota, United States

      Prayer Service
      7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
      Thursday, May 30, 2024
      St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church
      204 1st St.
      Armour, South Dakota, United States

      Funeral Mass
      10:30 am - 11:30 am
      Friday, May 31, 2024
      St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church
      204 1st St.
      Armour, South Dakota, United States

      Interment
      11:30 am - 12:00 pm
      Friday, May 31, 2024
      Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
      39229 28th St.
      Armour, South Dakota, United States

    4. [S1345] Obituary of Ray CONNOT, (Name: Brockhaus-Howser-Fillmer Funeral Home; Location: Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska, USA; Date: Abt. 24 Jul 2023;).
      Ray Connot
      April 17, 1943 - July 22, 2023

    5. [S940] U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current.
      Name: Miss Lucille Noziska
      Gender: Female
      Residence Place: Spencer
      Marriage Date: 15 Nov 1937
      Spouse: Paul Connot
      Siblings: Charles Noziska


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