Stephan Connor

Stephan (Steven) Connor, 70, of Bertha passed away March 29, 2022, at Tri-County Hospital, Wadena.

A Celebration of Life will be held at the farm at a later date.

Stephan Charles was born to Henry Charles and Hilda (Leith) Connor August 19, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts. At age 10 he underwent heart surgery at The Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, the first of its kind at that time. He was baptised and converted in the Baptist faith. He graduated from Jamaica Plain High School and attended trade school to become a chef. He worked for his father as an innkeeper and also managed a motel. Steven was a special education teacher, EMT, car salesman, owned his own landscaping business, boat worker and truss maker. He was a musican performing as an organist at many venues. He served as a deacon at his church. He moved to Minnesota in 2003. In 2012 he lost his leg due to diabetes and retaught himself how to walk and drive. Steven was a volunteer with the BCA and was a Senior Volunteer with the Todd County Sheriff’s Office. He enjoyed clock making, wood working, photography, collecting, antiques, riding 4-wheeler and Corvette cars. 

Steven is survived by two daughters, Talitha Richmond and Janessa McCole; three sons, Ryan, Patrick and Timothy Connor; 11 grandchildren; cousins; significant other, Janice Winter; extended family Andrea (Jeremy) Pearson, Joshua (Alisha) Winter and family, Kathy Karl, Karen (Carl) Pieper and family and Kari (Mike) Karl and family; his rescued German Shepard companion, Chief and friends and neighbors.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Lynnell Connor; one sister; one brother and two infant siblings

Arrangements were with the Schuller-Johnson Family Funeral Home, Wadena.

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