Timberwolves coach Chris Finch and point guard Mike Conley Jr after practice Monday at Mayo Clinic Square This was their first time to react to the second round matchup vs The Warriors won in Houston Sunday night in Game 7 Wolves-Warriors Game 1 is Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m ***Click the video box above to watch Finch and Conley Jr May 14 (if necessary); Game 6 at Golden State May 18 (if necessary); Game 7 at Minnesota How they got here: Both were lower-seeded in their Round 1 matchups and both won closeout games on the road to get to Round 2 Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers in five games; the Warriors won a Game 7 at Houston to advance after losing closeout chances in Games 5 and 6 of that matchup notably whether the Timberwolves can get to the Western Conference Finals for the second consecutive year — and if they do will it be one of those passing-of-the-torch moments on that side of the league Wolves star Anthony Edwards might say he doesn’t want to be the face of the league; if he leads Minnesota to a win in this series The Warriors have to rest and regroup quickly after a total grinder of a series versus Houston Key matchup: Golden State’s Draymond Green vs all-world defender (not to mention someone with history against Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert) and will have to lead the Warriors’ quest to not let the Wolves dominate the paint Green was sensational in Game 7 against Houston; he needs that to carry over to this one X-factors: Golden State’s Jimmy Butler vs Wolves fans don’t remember him fondly; Butler loves being in those situations He wasn’t with the Warriors for any of the four games against Minnesota in a super-tight regular-season series (Golden State won 3-1 assists and turnovers were all basically even.) Any person with disabilities who needs help accessing the content of the FCC Public File may contact KSTP via our online form or call 651-646-5555 MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Graduate student Madison Conley (New Castle New Castle) won her first outdoor title in the pole vault leading Westminster College on the opening day of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships The two-day event is once again being held at the Track & Field Complex at Mylan Park Grove City College tops the team leaderboard with 44 points Allegheny College is currently second with 28 points the triple jump and the javelin will be completed on Friday Conley claimed the pole vault title after clearing 3.67 meters (12-00.50). She was also the PAC's indoor champion in February. Freshman Alaina Gatto (Warren, Pa., Warren) and junior Missy Treharne (Burton in the event with both clearing 3.32 meters (10-10.75) Junior Monica Curtis (Harborcreek Harbor Creek) finished sixth in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best time of 12:07.72 Moniteau) and Davis qualified for the 100 meter final on Friday Zendron was third in the preliminaries with a personal-best time of 12.65 while Davis was sixth with a time of 12.85 Friday's events are tentatively scheduled to get underway at 2 p.m there are no recent results for popular videos Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Terry was born May 26th 1958 in Akron to the late Odell and Goldie (McClain) Conley Terry graduated from Springfield High School in 1976 Terry was Union President of the Local 88 Roofers Union as well as Owner Operator of Terry Conley Trucking He enjoyed vacationing with his family throughout the country bowling ,and playing billiards with his friends.  He is survived by former wife Jackie Conley daughter Amanda Taylor (son in law John Taylor) and son Zachary Conley A celebration of life will be announced at a later date To share a memory of Terry or leave a special message for his family This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Matt brought joy and laughter to those around him throughout his life.  Matt was in the midst of his apprenticeship to become an electrician as a proud member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) He was dedicated to his craft and excited about building a future in the trade.  Matt had a deep love for music and was an avid fan of the Detroit Lions He cherished time spent with family and friends always striving to bring happiness to those around him His humor and kindness left a lasting impact on everyone he met.  and Lyle and Melody Conley; as well as his aunts and uncles Lindsey (Wes) Perkins He also leaves behind numerous cousins who will miss him dearly Matt was preceded in death by his grandfather from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Newcomer Funeral Home A memorial service will follow at the same location from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.  Matt's warmth and laughter will be deeply missed by all who knew him May his memory bring comfort to those who loved him Jason and Melissa ask that you make someone smile today To share a memory of Matt or to leave a special message for his family Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This even included ESPN's 10 experts picking the Lakers to win This was huge for the Timberwolves because they had chips on their shoulders from the jump That helped them because it was a big motivating factor behind their fantastic performance in the five-game series The panel of experts picking the Lakers to win went viral on social media It frustrated the Timberwolves fan base because they knew they could compete with the Lakers on the same level. The term "Lakers in 5," in particular but they were not the only ones to see those predictions which became a source of motivation for players.  The Timberwolves were only one game off in the regular season record from getting the third seed It was also clear that the Lakers had problems especially with their big man depth.  That was why they wanted to get Mark Williams at the trade deadline, but that trade got rescinded. This meant the Lakers were trying to play small-ball to full effect, but that did not work against the stellar front line of Julius Randle, Rudy Gobert It was also a motivated Timberwolves team because everyone predicted their opponents would win the series "When I saw that legitimately everybody chose the Lakers, I was like, I know this guys watch basketball. They got to," Conley said on Bumper To Bumper with Dan Barreiro "Being able to see that we have the same record.. That was perfect for us because we felt we were a better team." The Timberwolves Want To Keep Going In The PlayoffsNow that they have beaten the Lakers in the Playoffs, the confidence is through the roof. They will play the Golden State Warriors or Houston Rockets in the second round It will be another tough series for Minnesota but Chris Finch and his staff are preparing them This team is ready to keep competing at the highest level so they will keep themselves motivated.  That was easy to find during the Lakers series because of the national media attention they will need to keep that momentum going into the second round and a possible return to the Western Conference Finals Due to recent events, you can now leave online condolences with each obituary posted on the Kutis Funeral Home website. COVID-19 Funeral Assistance – FEMA is now helping those that have lost a loved one from COVID-19. Click HERE to review the information on eligibility and requirements on the COVID-19 Funeral He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years Matthew (Matt) Conley and Caroline (Carrie) Clay: her husband He was the son of Lloyd and Letha Conley and was raised near Troy Ken held degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (BSEE) and the University of New Mexico (MS) He was employed by the Monsanto Company for 25 years and later by the Bryan Cave law firm he served on the city’s Finance Committee and as an Elder of the Southminister Presbyterian Church Ken served as a Captain in the United States Army Signal Corps and was a Vietnam veteran In lieu of flowers, donations in Tribute may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation https://www.michaeljfox.org/  We were so sorry to hear about Ken’s passing Our hearts go out to you and your family as you navigate this difficult time and may you feel surrounded by love and support Some absolutely wonderful memories of a great Uncle Will cherish the memories of Uncle Ken driving Grandpa Conleys John Deer mower- pulling a wagon with all the cousins Loved our visits to Cardinal games and Missouri Tiger football games He left an amazing family legacy and will always be remembered I have the video of him pulling us around in the JD Most of the all the Thanksgiving at his house sliding feet first down the outside stairs with a full plate of food We will miss him and are lucky to have had him I had the privilege of being Ken’s daughter-in-law for a dozen years and couldn’t have asked for a better father-in-law He loved his family deeply and showed it consistently His was a life well-lived and a terrific example for us all I went to school with Ken for 1 2 years in Troy Ken was a very knowable in many areas of electronic technology but the greatest thing about Ken were his people skills Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" For personalized and affordable funeral arrangements choose Kutis Funeral Home - a family-owned establishment serving St 2906 Gravois Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63118314-772-3000 10151 Gravois Road, St. Louis, MO 63123314-842-4458 5255 Lemay Ferry Road, Mehlville, MO 63129314-894-4500 The news of the signing was broke by NFL and NFL Draft reporter for The Draft Network Justin Melo “The New England Patriots are signing Boston College IOL Jack Conley to a deal with $110,000 in guarantees The New England Patriots are signing Boston College IOL Jack Conley to a deal with $110,000 in guarantees Conley took to social media to share his excitement however was Boston College’s starting right guard in 2024 Conley started on an offensive line that paved the way for 4,754 total offensive yards which ranked 12th in the ACC in 2024 He earned All-ACC Honorable Mention honors for his performance last year as well as tied a program record for most games played and consecutive games played Conley is the first Boston College player to sign as an undrafted free agent Conley is one of two UDFAs they have reportedly signed since the end of the draft joining Cincinnati defensive back John Minkins The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER The Oneida County District Attorney’s office will again present evidence in the 2015 poisoning death of Mary Yoder was convicted of second-degree manslaughter in Yoder’s death in 2017 But her sentence was overturned in January by the state’s Fourth Department Appellate Division in Rochester The court cited the mishandling of evidence by the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office and the lack of an effective defense counsel Conley, formerly of Sauquoit, was subsequently released from Bedford Hills Correctional Facility “Since receiving the Fourth Department Appellate Division’s decision at the end of January the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office has reviewed and reevaluated the evidence regarding the investigation into the death of Mary Yoder,” reads a statement released Thursday by the DA’s office it is the decision of the District Attorney’s Office to present that evidence before an Oneida County Grand Jury to determine what Ethics do not allow the office to say anything else until the grand jury acts Oneida County District Attorney Todd Carville said that authorities would have to review what evidence could still be used at trial and decide whether there was enough to move forward to a grand jury with the case Yoder owned Chiropractic Family Care in Whitesboro with her husband Wiliam a prescription drug most often used to treat gout a receptionist in the practice and the girlfriend of Yoder’s son Adam was tried twice in 2017 on charges of second-degree murder The first trial ended in a hung jury. The jury in the second trial found Conley guilty of second-degree manslaughter and she was sentenced to 23 years in prison In a series of appeals new lawyers for Connelly argued that the seizure and search of Conley’s cell phone and of Adam Yoder’s laptop were not properly handled and that her lawyers had failed to properly request the suppression of evidence from them he was the cherished brother of the late George W Conley and the son of the late James Perry Conley and Virginia Conley nee Williams Perry's commitment to education was evident through his academic achievements He proudly graduated from Southern High School in Baltimore pursued his passion for teaching at Towson State Teachers College (1957) and furthered his expertise with a master’s degree from University of Maryland His dedication to education spanned a rewarding career as a principal shaping young minds in Baltimore County Public Schools Perry was a loving husband and a guiding force for his family He was a proud father to Perry "Willy" Lee Conley and to Rebecca Lee Conley-Hartman and her husband Fred Hartman Known affectionately as "Grandpop," he doted on his grandchildren Clayton Conley Perry's zest for life was most evident in his enjoyment of entertaining family and friends at his and Kitty’s summer home in Chance Known for being exceptionally passionate and loving Perry's legacy of caring and community involvement will be long remembered by all who knew him Our beloved Perry will be deeply missed yet celebrated as a beacon of love and education The cherished memories of Perry Lee Conley will endure in the hearts of his loved ones and many friends was a radiant spirit who graced the lives of those around her with her infectious smile and boundless enthusiasm Tragically taken from us unexpectedly on February 1 Kara's vibrant personality and kind-hearted nature will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of knowing her where she showed her innate compassion and warmth toward others Her desire to serve and uplift those around her led her to earn her cosmetology license in 2018 This accomplishment was a remarkable highlight for her cementing her place at the Family Salon and Barber Shop where she continued to share her gift of nurturing not just through her care but through her artistry in hairdressing Those who knew Kara will remember her as an outgoing individual Her bubbly and boisterous nature could light up any room and her kindness made a lasting impression She was always willing to lend a helping hand famously known for her generosity; she would give you the shirt off her back without a second thought Her love for animals further exemplified her gentle and nurturing spirit who were undoubtedly her proudest accomplishments She always spoke of them with immeasurable pride and affection They will continue to carry her legacy forward cherishing the memories and love she imparted upon them and Kara’s loving spirit now lives on in her children as well as in the hearts of her family and friends Kara Denise Conley's impact on the world is indelible We will remember her not just for the roles she played and friend who touched so many lives with her warmth and generosity A memorial service will be held at Calvary Apostolic Church in Westerville In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation to the funeral home to assist her children with their Mother's funeral expenses.  a permanent sign was unveiled to honor Deputy Caleb Conley on U.S now designated as the Deputy Sheriff Caleb Conley Memorial Highway Conley died in the line of duty during a traffic stop in May of 2023 expressed the significance of this dedication It was a link between his home with family that he loved with all his being in Harrison County and his second home in Scott County." Scott County was where Caleb was committed to serving and protecting his community described him as a deputy with a servant's heart and quiet courage "Dedicating this road in Caleb's name is a small gesture compared to the sacrifice he made "Every time someone drives this stretch of highway they'll see his name and with it the reminder that heroes live among us." Scott County Sheriff Jeremy Nettles shared his sentiments 62 in Scott County remind us of the standard Caleb set—one of service and never-ending commitment to public safety," Nettles said "On behalf of all of us that knew and loved him thank you for ensuring Caleb's name and impact will continue to guide and protect Scott County as he always did." the Kentucky General Assembly passed and Gov Andy Beshear signed into law a bill designating the highway in Scott County as the memorial highway for Caleb Conley "You experienced pain that few of us will ever know," Gov "You shared Deputy Sheriff Conley with us knowing the ultimate sacrafice was possible." Unveiling of Deputy Sheriff Caleb Conley Memorial Highway in Scott County. It’s in honor of Deputy Conley killed in the line of duty in May of 2023. @LEX18News pic.twitter.com/5OQ8pOSTqd Caleb Kenneth Conley was the son of William and Jolene Conley Army Reserve as a combat engineer with the 478th Engineer Battalion receiving recognition for his brave and courageous service while on active duty in Iraq He realized his childhood dream of becoming a law enforcement officer by graduating from the Department of Criminal Justice Training and joining the Scott County Sheriff's Office as a deputy sheriff and member of the Special Response Team Deputy Sheriff Conley was honored for his achievements and dedication he received the Governor's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Occupant Protection Enforcement as well as awards for Impaired Driving Enforcement in 2020 and 2022 He was also recognized as the Scott County Sheriff's Office Chief's Award recipient in 2021 Highway Safety All Star Drive Sober Division Winner Report a typo Madison Conley Named AAC Player of the Week4/21/2025 2:00:00 PM | Softball Conley marks the third-consecutive Mean Green offensive player to win the award IRVING, Texas – Sophomore Madison Conley won American Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors after she tallied eight RBI to lead UNT softball in a series sweep against UAB Conley's award marks the third-consecutive UNT offensive performer to win The American Player of the Week after Kailyn Bearpaw won on April 7 and Cierra Simon took home the honor on April 14 only three other teams in The American have won three-consecutive player of the week awards which was last accomplished by Wichita State on May 2 the award marks the second time that the Mean Green have won three conference player of the week awards in the same season after it accomplished the feat in 2014 Conley led North Texas with eight RBI and four extra-base hits the sophomore set a new career high of three hits against the Blazers before she matched her personal-best mark of four RBI with a pair of two-run doubles on Sunday Conley enters the week with a 20-game reached base streak which ranks seventh in program history and marks the seventh-longest active streak in the nation The Mean Green are set for a road rematch at No North Texas won its previous meeting against then-No 13 Red Raiders 6-5 on a walk-off grand slam in the home opener on Feb Quali Conley took a chance on Arizona last year by following his former San Jose State coaches to Tucson The decision paid off with a productive senior year a chance to compete for an NFL roster spot Conley signed with the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday as an undrafted free agent after going unselected in the NFL Draft Official ✍️@QualiConley is on his way to Cincinnati! pic.twitter.com/IoNUjsN9xn Conley led Arizona in 2024 with 745 rushing yards and eight touchdowns on the ground to go with 245 receiving yards He had four games with 90 or more rushing yards Conley is the second Wildcats running back from last season’s team to join an NFL team, after Jacory Croskey-Merritt was taken in the 7th round of the draft by the Washington Commanders Croskey-Merritt was one of four Wildcats drafted began his career at Utah Tech (formerly Dixie State) before transferring to San Jose State in 2023 When SJSU coach Brent Brennan accepted the Arizona job in January 2024 Conley joins a Bengals team that struggled to establish the run last season Cincinnati averaged 92.6 rushing yards per game The Bengals also drafted Texas Tech running back Tahj Brooks in the sixth round We use cookies to personalize content and ads and to analyze our traffic and improve our service If he didn’t specify it was the research note from his novel that he was reading from at an AWP reading in Kansas City I would have thought Garrard Conley was reading a personal essay combined with research on the queer history of Puritan New England and wondered: If Conley could imbue a research note with such heart and soulful vivacity would I need an oxygen mask to get through the actual book Besides taking my breath away, All the World Beside (Riverside Books the debut novel from the bestselling author of the memoir Boy Erased (Riverhead is an attempt to visualize queer history shortly after the Age of Exploration and is tasked with leading its widespread religious revival The two grow closer and finally act on their desires but their families are compelled to maneuver their lives within the growing entanglement of lies and deception they suspect but refuse to speak of As fervor for the Great Awakening gains momentum Nathan and Arthur reach a breaking point: Can their love exist beyond the boundaries of their indoctrinated world their wives and children struggle to envision a future beyond their constrained reality this incandescent historical tale finds sacrality in the shadows and faith beyond compromise but I’ve never seen your sentences shimmer like they do in your novel but I feel like you’ve been wanting to write for a long time—maybe even before you published your memoir but this time there’s something exceptional texturing your prose like never before and I received my MFA at Brooklyn College as a Truman Capote fiction fellow so I’ve pretty much been waiting for this moment my entire life I never expected my first book to be a memoir I'd still be doing speaking engagements a decade later Boy Erased was a book I felt I had to write to discover other themes and ideas in my work I’d been working on failed novels that featured some version of the conversion therapy escape narrative helped me see that my life story was more bonkers than anything I could have imagined in fiction What made you want to set a story in this specific moment in history GCMy father is a Missionary Baptist preacher I think he often does a very fine job as a pastor despite our many disagreements—you really have to live in a small Arkansas town and see him helping these families arriving at the hospitals before anyone else does to understand this opinion—but I admit that little of what he says at the pulpit has any basis in religious history or accurate biblical interpretation the obsession with what happens in the bedroom I often wanted to know where these ideas came from In tracing the history of the Baptist church in America I also became interested in seeing when all of the Protestants first began insisting on a personal but before the Great Awakening in the eighteenth century most religious services in the colonies were staid The Great Awakening brought about bodily convulsions all sorts of very dramatic moments in the church that I felt would be the perfect setting for a spiritual and physical awakening within two men who fell in love what about exploring queerness through these positions of leadership intrigued you GCI’m always interested in positions of leadership and how they affect our actions How do we act when we feel we are being observed by a community and I knew what it was like to be a pastor’s son it felt like an entire town turned against me and they turned against my father as well when he didn’t criticize me When my memoir became a film with actors like Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe my father and I both feel that we don’t know who we are in the face of public scrutiny but I wanted to explore it further with this book because a lot of the personal drama I experienced in my life was too personal to share Fiction gave me a way to explore what it means to be public in a more intimate and protected way you wrote a note on the research under the name “The Unfathomable.” Of course I invite you to share whatever you want with me about your process for researching but I’m most interested in how you chose to share your process What made you want to make your note on research personal as opposed to just citing a list of sources GCMy engagement with those sources was a narrative experience It was like a conversation I was having with myself and many other queer people over the years The word cunt is used by an early nineteenth-century man to describe himself I felt that a simple listing of sources wouldn’t do the subject justice especially since so many straight scholars had obscured the narrative I found in many of these historical documents I also used over five hundred sources in writing this book and I felt that I needed to choose representative moments from this research in a narrative way in order to account for the scope of the sources and the various branches I encountered GMThis story is obviously personal to you in my ways What were some things that fiction made possible that may have posed a challenge in memoir I can say that the story is very real to me in many ways My mother suffers from many health issues that were first labeled psychosomatic She was dismissed by many people in our church as histrionic on account of that wants to live life on his terms but is bound by duty and expectation and seeks solace in art and she is passed over because she is a woman Both of those characters are different sides of me feels that he can’t escape his duties and that he is selfish if he chooses to love That’s how I’ve felt for so much of my life GMAm I correct to assume that Nathaniel and Arthur were and Ezekiel; Anne and Martha Lyman—are just as rich How did these characters evolve draft after draft Nathaniel and Arthur have always been part of the narrative The other characters arrived when I began to discover that the narrative was in some ways more interested in how the love between these men affected an entire family in that period I wanted to explore the concept of community and how queer people affect and are affected by community queer people aren’t allowed to leave their communities to explore other places that might be less hostile to our existence What happens when some of that hostility comes from within our community Answering those questions required a much larger cast of characters The one that immediately comes to mind is: “I do not know if it is something in your profession or if it is something within you by your care—that my weaknesses were beautiful that they carried their own strengths.” Then a few lines later: “You said wounds allowed love to enter the body more freely.” Did writing this book make you a more tender person I think in creative writing workshops—in the MFA world specifically—we’re often trained to avoid even the slightest hint of melodrama I felt I needed to unlearn certain tendencies that I’d developed throughout my education the emotion on the page felt like “too much,” but my editor was wonderful at getting me to see how much I was holding back and at pushing me to allow my characters to emote I allowed more tenderness to enter the book GMI love that this book taught you things that your MFA didn’t GCBooks almost always teach me more than traditional programs ever have though they certainly have their merits when it comes to community-building and connections But if you want to be a better writer: Read GMThe scene I just referenced in particular is It’s just this beautiful moment of vulnerability and intimacy between Nathaniel and Arthur GCSometimes I wish I could have just written the whole book from that scene It’s a moment when the two characters really connect—the moment when we see the possibility of their future together because these are conversations I’ve had in my own life We only think they’d happen in the eighteenth century GMThat conversation being had against the backdrop of the eighteenth century really highlights the core of it: What possibilities can unfold when we’re honest with each other But to make real art—to live in real art—we must have private I do everything I can to work toward that intimacy with my friends GMThe Bible passages you’ve chosen to include in the book are also filtered through this lens of softness What was your intention by including these particular passages I mean—you could swap out those names with Nathaniel and Arthur and it’d still apply GCDavid and Jonathan are important Biblical characters for me because the Bible makes a big deal out of letting us know just how much they love each other I remember reading those passages as a closeted kid in the South finding a lifeline that was so important for me so I imagined my two characters discovering it together in a way but it’s really just a very long and complicated story pieced together by hundreds of people Certain parts of it are more compelling than others It’s when we’re forced to take it all as the unerring truth that things become difficult Not a single human living or dead has ever possessed the “right” interpretation of this complicated text There simply isn’t a way of knowing the Bible without personal interpretation especially when their entire lives are steeped in that one text GMThis book is also a meditation on how religion and sexuality don’t have to butt heads I’ve been thinking and talking and writing about religious and spiritual practices with a few queers recently trying to reconcile what I believe in—or don’t and it's works like this that make me take a closer look at what or whom I put my faith in Has writing this book made you realize or learn anything new about your beliefs or how you practice them or what religious experience most aligns with my life right now I need order because everything in our world is so chaotic I don’t think it’s a bad thing to seek that order as long as it’s not oppressing another person I learned a lot from queer Christians who helped me see that their relationship to faith was beautiful I wanted to honor that relationship in this book to allow for the possibility of coexistence I’m always rooting for the side of agreement and compromise; maybe that’s why I’m so interested in family How do we live together in this messed-up world Greg Mania is the author of Born to Be Public He is a contributing editor for BOMB based in Los Angeles Kennedy Grace Conley will represent MSU as a candidate at the 2025 Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival Conley is a first-year student from Staffordsville majoring in legal studies She plans to attend law school upon graduation from Morehead State University She is the daughter of Chris and Chastity Conley a junior studying sociology and criminology He is the son of Daniel and Robyn Clem of Louisville "It is an incredible honor and privilege to have been selected to represent MSU at this year's Mountain Laurel Festival I have a profound love for my university and the opportunities it has provided me both academically and personally," Conley said "Morehead State University has helped me grow significantly and the culture of our Eagle family is simply special connecting to alumni and being a positive ambassador for the University community." Conley is a member of Chi Omega Women's Fraternity and dedicates her time to assisting the Make-a-Wish Foundation's efforts "Raising money to grant the wishes of children is extremely rewarding Seeing the excitement in their eyes is priceless," she said she looks forward to participating in other student organizations and the University's traditions and celebrations Conley is also the reigning Miss Magoffin County and is involved in her community through volunteering The Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival has been held annually since 1931 Colleges and universities from across Kentucky select one representative to participate in the pageant which is held annually over Memorial Day weekend The tradition of crowning the Mountain Laurel Queen is on Saturday Past Mountain Laurel Queens from MSU include Jamie Nicole Blair (Class of 2003 Sharon Lue Goldsberry (Class of 1977) in 1975 For more information about the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival, visit www.KMLF.org or call 606-337-6103 Live Cast Elaine Alice Conley (96) passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 11 Elaine lived her life with a servant’s heart devoted to nurturing and caring for her husband as well as countless children she loved and cared for in her home over the years She loved her time working at Omaha National Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of Omaha She was an active Church member and enjoyed her involvement in the community   She enjoyed participating in area craft shows – her beautiful crocheted afghans providing warmth and comfort to many Elaine was preceded in death by the love of her life Melvin Miller (1986) and Majorie Cox (2015); as well as cousins and nephews Chadrick Fitzgerald and great-granddaughter neighbors and those she held dear in her heart Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler, West Center Chapel, 7805 West Center Road, Omaha, Ne 68124. (402)-391-3900. www.heafeyheafey.com I’m so sorry to hear of the loss of your mother I’m praying for you and your family! So sorry to hear about the loss of your Mom We never had the chance to meet her but we felt like we knew her through you After the loss of a loved one we have a lot of emotions that we all have to deal with We are praying for you at this time of your beloved Mom’s passing May the memories of your Mom always be with you You have been a devoted daughter through the years May the love of Jesus and friends comfort you Your continued faith in Jesus will carry you Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler Mortuaries © 2024 All Rights Reserved Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Nancy ConleyBirth date: May 1 Visitation & Funeral Information","description":"Honoring the memory of Nancy Conley with their obituary visitation and funeral information.","articleSection":"Obituaries","articleBody":"Nancy Barbara Ogilvy Conley passed away peacefully at home on March 29th Formerly of West Mifflin and South Park Twp Nancy was widowed when Jim passed February 2024.\n\nNancy was born in McKeesport 1942 - the only child of Tommy \"Scotty\" and Martha (Forrest) Ogilvy who both immigrated from Scotland and became naturalized citizens Nancy was a 1st generation American proud of her Scottish heritage and played the bagpipes in a regional Pipe and Drum band in her early years growing up in Port Vue She graduated McKeesport High School in 1960 and attended the Homestead Hospital School of Nursing where she was elected President of the Class of 1963 That early nursing career spawned several friends for life.\n\nNancy and Jim were married in Sept 1967 and moved to West Mifflin and chose to call the same place home for almost 50 years Good friends and neighbors have that influence especially the extended family feeling with the West Mifflin Wrestling crew Nancy spent her nursing career with the South Hills Health System - initially Homestead and switched to the night shift so she could still be home to raise the boys Nancy went back to school and earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from California State College in 1980.\n\nNancy really enjoyed her television programs She and Jim travelled extensively and spent many vacations with those friends on tours or at the beach including several winters at The Villages in Florida She was always especially proud of her granddaughters - Meagan and Ryan - all they've achieved and what beautiful young ladies they have become She was preceded in death by her parents and husband MI and the girls.\r Nancy will be inurned during a private ceremony at the Jefferson Memorial Cemetery Mausoleum on Saturday April 12th with the family welcoming friends between 12-3pm at Al's Cafe in Bethel Park for a celebration of her life.","keywords":"Nancy Conley Biography","dateCreated":"2025-04-04T14:43:56.487Z","datePublished":"2025-04-04T14:43:56.487Z","dateModified":"2025-04-04T14:43:56.487Z","genre":"Obituary Nancy was widowed when Jim passed February 2024 1942 - the only child of Tommy "Scotty" and Martha (Forrest) Ogilvy who both immigrated from Scotland and became naturalized citizens That early nursing career spawned several friends for life Nancy and Jim were married in Sept 1967 and moved to West Mifflin Nancy went back to school and earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from California State College in 1980 Share a story where Nancy's kindness touched your heart Describe a day with Nancy you’ll never forget This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Mary's zest for life was evident in her love for shopping where she enjoyed the thrill of chance and the joy of the experience her capacity to love remained undiminished as seen in the way she spoiled her grandchildren showering them with affection and attention that only a grandmother could give Mary was a proud graduate of Quincy College She dedicated 40 years of her life to nursing a career that reflected her innate compassion and care for others she served the patients at Quincy Hospital with unwavering commitment and warmth It was there that she met her beloved George woven with the threads of family traditions She was the heart of the annual family trip to Hampton Beach where laughter and the sound of waves provided the backdrop for cherished memories Autumn brought the joy of apple picking trips with her children an activity that showcased her talent as a baker as she turned the fruits of their labor into delicious treats She loved her annual trip to Hadley to cut down her own tree usually picking at least two trees because they were beautiful.  Mary's colleagues at Quincy Hospital will deeply miss her She was not just a co-worker but a friend who brought light and levity to the halls of the hospital Her legacy will live on in the hearts of those she touched and her spirit will continue to inspire us all Conley's absence will be profoundly felt but her memory will forever be a beacon of joy and love Cherished mother to Kim Legere and her husband Greg of Dudley Kaitlin Conley and her partner Eric of Wareham Brian Conley and his partner Ashlee of Quincy Shannon Gray and her husband David of Quincy Siobhan Dumas and her husband Christopher of Weymouth Michaela Conley and her partner Ryan of Weymouth Mollie Conley and her partner Josh of Weymouth and Emily Brady and her husband Cory of Rockland Sister-in-law to Kathleen Russell of Braintree Sheila Travers of Maryland and all of their families education level or even who you're likely to marry In his new book “The Social Genome,” Princeton University sociologist Dalton Conley explores the science behind how our genes are shaping our society in ways that are both profound and unsettling are influencing our lives in ways we barely understand—from fertility clinics selecting embryos based on genetic traits to the rise of “genetic sorting” in everything from dating to zip codes He also debunks the idea of nature versus nurture revealing how deeply intertwined they truly are Are we heading toward a future of genetically coded inequality And what policies and conversations are urgently needed to ensure we don’t cross the line from science into dystopia They’re so fascinated by the idea that there’s this score that can predict their outcomes based on their genes Paul Rand: You may think of genetics as something that determines your height but what if I told you that your genes could predict so much more about your future Dalton Conley: Genetic prediction has been moving forward at a very fast clip a professor of sociology and the author of a new book which explores how something called polygenic scores essentially prediction algorithms based on your genes are allowing us to estimate with disturbing accuracy things about your life that blur the line between reality and science fiction Dalton Conley: Things like how much money you make as an adult or how far you go in school Paul Rand: Once you start to dig into the science Some studies find that variations in genes can not only predict your future income explain 58% of the variations in income in males and 46% in females That means our genetic differences may explain about half of where we end up on the income ladder Dalton Conley: I’m surprised that people are surprised by that because if you think about it nobody’s that shocked that height has a genetic component or that your immune system maybe has a genetic component or any other attribute that’s about you physically might have a genetic component Paul Rand: What’s fascinating and a bit alarming isn’t just what our genes tell us about ourselves Dalton Conley: There’s a number of surprises like how much we’re sorting on our genes in society Paul Rand: We’re sorting ourselves into genetic silos and even choose where we live based partly on our genetic predispositions Dalton Conley: Unbeknownst to ourselves and what that means for future generations where we’re going to be separating out not just socially but genetically Paul Rand: Could this lead us down a path toward deeply entrenched inequality Dalton Conley: Genetic sorting is going on in society in terms of marriages in terms of literally where we move and live And now we are having more and more babies being born that have been polygenically selected So yet we’ve had almost no discussion about talk about AI but we have not talked about genetic prediction as a revolutionary technology and I think that conversation is what’s scary to people Paul Rand: One way out of this dilemma takes us back to one of science’s most foundational debates Dalton Conley: The idea that for some outcome that is partly determined by just the genes you inherited from your family and partly determined by the environments that you encounter in your life comparing fraternal and identical twins to see which gives you a way to back out how much is “nature” and how much is “nurture.” And a recent paper meta-analyzed all of those meaning the nature side across all those traits was 49% Paul Rand: We can’t control the genes that we’re born with but we can shape the environment in which those genes express themselves Conley’s research reveals something profound but how deeply interconnected the two of them are Dalton Conley: There’s no nature versus nurture How your genes matter depends on the environment How the environment matters depends on your genes Paul Rand: Change the environment and we may change how our genes impact our lives Change how they impact our lives and we may be changing society And getting a grip on what changes we want to make is going to become crucial because these genetic prediction techniques are arriving faster and faster whether we’re ready or not Dalton Conley: In terms of the applications of the science whether or not they merit getting out into the world Paul Rand: From the University of Chicago Podcast Network where we explore the groundbreaking research and the discoveries that are transforming our world Join me as we meet the minds behind the breakthroughs on today’s episode what genomics is telling us about how to shape our society The University of Chicago Leadership and Society Initiative guides accomplished executive leaders in transitioning from their longstanding careers into purposeful on-court chapters of leadership for society The initiative is currently accepting candidates for its second cohort of fellows Your next chapter matters for you and for society Learn more about this unique fellowship experience at leadforsociety.uchicago.edu the basic concept I think we’ve got to get our arms around is this idea of the polygenic index Help me understand what that actually is and why it matters to this discussion When we do studies called genome-wide association studies which we look all across entire 23 pairs of chromosomes and look at these little variants where you might have two thiamines and I have a thiamine and a cytosine there’s four bases in DNA and you can swap out you can see differences in the population and that’s I think where you get the term we’re all 99.9%- So when you just see which of these matter are they shorter or taller than people with TT and are they shorter or taller than people with CC at this location And then you do that three million times across the genome and you get answers Whether or not you’re tall or short is not a few genes It’s the sum total of all of these little perturbations across your entire genome And what a polygenic index does is basically take all of those little teeny effects and sum them into a single number I call it the FICO credit score of human biology which is that it predicts your height or how far you’ll go in school or how neurotic you are or likely to be depressed The idea that your genetics’ going to determine your height any number of things people probably pretty much have their minds around that you could look at genetics and that can actually talk about how well you’ll do in school if you’re going to end up making a lot of money this is where some new thinking really starts coming into this This is the other side of the equation that may have thought more about what nurture could have provided or other ways Dalton Conley: And think about the fact that even if genes determine whether or not you’re more or less likely to get ill you’re not going to go as far in school generally You’re not going to do as well in the labor market So there are a whole bunch of mechanisms by which genes affect those kinds of things that have nothing to do with cognitive ability There’s pathways through addictive behavior There’s pathways through height and beauty that we know that beautiful people are more rewarded in the labor market all those things determine how far people go in the socioeconomic rat race then they’ll be less shocked that genes matter for those kind of social outcomes So height is between 80 and 90% in our genes in a modern society where there’s not massive famines all of a sudden and other big environmental shocks but something like how far you go in school is 40% variation in their genes So different traits have different amounts that the genes are driving the show but the point in my book is that they need the environments in order to realize their effects there’s genetic variation in body mass index and how fat or thin we are We had much less sedentary lifestyle and there wasn’t venti frappuccinos with 1,000 calories to choose from versus the cal salad at the local Starbucks So the effects of the people’s genes were suppressed by the low calorie And now we live in almost unlimited calories or choice of what to eat and we have a more sedentary lifestyle and those genes now matter So the BMI polygenic index for body mass index predicts much better now than it did in early the first half of the 20th century women were largely blocked from higher education in the first half of the 20th century and only in the last third of the 20th century did women have complete access to higher education and now they exceed men in terms of the number of bachelor degrees they get And if you look at polygenic index for education it did not predict for women very well in those cohorts of women that grew up they’re not akin to architects building specs like you’re going to make this person this tall with this many stories and this many apartments exactly laid out this And it seeks out data that the more you’re exposed to the world the more the genes come into focus and matter more And that’s because we sort into our environments We extract different information from the environment So the environment is critical to how those genes realize their effects and which means that we’re not also.. It’s not some deterministic world the way Galton or Mendel might’ve imagined it 150 years ago They’re complicated circuits with the outer world you talk about this idea of the genes in the environment in three buckets Paul Rand: Help explain that in some of the contexts that you’re going down that we create niches in the environment based on our genes that’s something as simple as I have zero working copies of the fast twitch or sprinter’s gene in my genome personally I’m going to probably avoid the soccer field The kid who has the high polygenic score for cognitive ability or education may veer to a certain activities and the kids who have a high polygenic score for athleticism or for musical ability are going to choose dad They’re going to choose their environments based on their genotype So evocative is when someone else shapes their environment in response to my genes skin tone is largely controlled by genetics Paper by myself and colleagues that shows that comparing siblings or which sister got darker skin and which kid got lighter skin based on their genes they happened to inherit from their parents And the kid with the darker skin is much more likely to end up with high blood pressure than the kid with lighter skin And we show that that’s not because of a direct effect of the skin tone genes on the cardiovascular system It’s really because darker skin evokes more stress in their lives compared to their lighter skin siblings So anything that evokes a different response in the world if people treat you differently because of your myopia Passive gene environment connection is when your genes are just non-randomly distributed in the environment because of the active or evocative gene environment connection in past generation I inherited those genes from one or both of my parents Paul Rand: The other thing that you brought in this idea is that this concept of The Social Genome but that the DNA of the people around us shape and is part of our environment too that’s one of the most exciting parts of this your peers in school when you’re growing up they matter to how you turn out and their behavior is partly driven by their genes So we can actually study their genes and study how their genes predict how you turn out One example of this that Ramina Sotoudeh from Yale University my former student and I worked on was peer influence of smoking So we compared within a high school that this year’s junior class had a certain distribution of smoking polygenic indices as compared to next year’s junior class or last year’s junior class And we showed that if we’re looking within a high school the year-to-year variation in the distribution of genetic scores for smoking in a given grade is random So we’re treating that as a random experiment One kid is happens to be in the junior class this year and there’s a handful of kids in that grade who have really high polygenic scores for smoking And another kid in the same school with the same polygenic index themselves for smoking is in the next year’s junior class There may be just one student at a very high end of the smoking distribution for the genetic risk for smoking And what we found was that those quote “bad apples” with respect to the genetics of smoking can affect an entire grade Dalton Conley: So the grades that have more kids who are at the extreme and very likely to take up smoking end up creating a contagious effect across the entire social network And that even if I don’t know those kids personally because I don’t share the classes with them or they’re not my friends I’m more likely to smoke because of this social effect that started with a spark from their genes And that effect is so big that it’s almost as big as the genes of my own body determining whether I smoke or not Paul Rand: One of the disturbing trends of all this is that society is starting to naturally sort itself by genetics The main way this is happening is through our love lives it’s interesting because hundreds of years ago we lived in small villages and most of us did somebody who is someone who could easily be traced to our same family tree that village clannish approach to reproduction You literally can swipe through an almost infinite amount of potential mates on these online apps today we end up choosing people who are genetically more similar to us spouses are as genetically similar as second cousins When you get to specific polygenic indices we’re more like first cousins marrying each other Paul Rand: But our genes aren’t just sorting us through our relationships Some polygenic scores seem to cluster by state Studies that looked at declining factory towns in Appalachia found that people with high PGIs for education were more likely to leave while people with lower PGIs were more likely to stay Dalton Conley: We’re sorting so much that we end up making ourselves much more genetically similar to our spouses than we would be to a random person in society And that in turn has implications for how much inequality there’s going to be the next generation Paul Rand: Demographic estimates have shown that increasing sorting among US spouses in terms of economic factors could explain up to 40% of the rise in income inequality in recent decades And this is only going to get worse as these technologies become more available Dalton Conley: One of the more possible applications is you download your raw data you upload it into this dating app that’s piggybacks on Tinder or Hinge or whatever the hot one is now It calculates and displays your certified polygenic scores for a variety of traits along with your photos and your description of how you love cats and dogs or whatever Maybe only nerds would go for that dating site but I think that would be more than a novelty as this seeps into society Most people don’t know about polygenic indices right now but I think that’s going to change in the next few years Paul Rand: So how close are we to a dating app that’s driven by polygenetic influence this year Dalton Conley: We literally could be there tomorrow if all the pieces are in place which leads us to another discussion about how these polygenic indices are going to be used in society once they break out of the lab Paul Rand: So what does the future look like when these polygenic indices break out of the lab If you’re getting a lot out of the important research shared on Big Brains there’s another University of Chicago Podcast Network show you should check out Not Another Politics podcast provides a fresh perspective on the biggest political stories massive data sets and a deep knowledge of theory If you want to understand the political science behind the political headlines then listen to Not Another Politics podcast part of the University of Chicago Podcast Network If you think about it may actually influence society where does that take you in your thinking and the upside or the downside of that there’s a lot of important policy questions that come out of this new world we have to make certain decisions about insurance markets it is a hundred percent legal for a fertility clinic to sample embryos If you ended up with a dozen viable embryos there are companies now that will extract DNA from each of those 12 embryos and calculate the polygenic scores of each embryo and then allow you to decide which one to implant based on that information The first one was born in 2020 that have been polygenically optimized So there are fertility clinics doing this now We are the wild west when it comes to fertility medicine doesn’t even let you choose the sex of your offspring even though that’s pretty routine in the US We might want to let people do what they want with this new technology in the fertility clinic even though it’s very early echoing of the movie Gattaca in 1997 where there’s a new cast of people that were optimized genetically plays the protagonist who was conceived the old-fashioned way and doesn’t have the genetic quotient of his brother you kind of get to the point where a lot of scientific insights and breakthroughs happen it’s up to society to determine what it does with it which is always one of those really challenging considerations What are you excited about and what are you really fearful about based on this insight Dalton Conley: That’s a really tough provocative question because I try to avoid taking a stand on any of these things I guess I think it seems very reasonable and low hanging fruit that we would test sperm and over donors and just provide that information about the polygenic scores to the potential recipients of those donor eggs or sperm There’s undoubtedly ethical issues involved there but that seems like one of the more straightforward use cases which are all not prohibited by the genetic information There’s only one law that’s at a national level that regulates how we can use personal genetic data Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 signed by George Bush And it prohibits the use of genetic information for healthcare and health insurance and employment decisions that’s going to be increasingly a bigger and bigger market I would start by offering a discount to anyone who would provide a sample or their data and then I could train my models and risk adjust based on the polygenic score for risk-taking I would bet my life savings that would predict car accidents and I can then adjust my premiums that I’m going to charge based on this information When my then 18-year-old son applied for car insurance and asked whether he was in a frat it asked all these questions that obviously some machine learning algorithm said were predictive and I would say that the polygenic indices are going to be even more predictive and would save insurance companies money Do we want to allow that for long-term care as well then maybe people actually assess their own genetic risk for dementia and only the people who are at very high risk by long-term care insurance And then you have what is called a death spiral in the insurance markets because the prices keep going up because only the ones who are at risk by it and that drives a forward-feeding cycle until the market collapses It’s not so simple just to expand GINA to these other insurance domains because then you’ll have this asymmetry of information where individual consumers might have the genetic information and make decisions based on whether to buy insurance or how much insurance to buy based on that information And the insurance companies won’t be able to adjust prices accordingly and they’ll end up collapsing the market I’m just saying it’s hard to put this genetic genie back in the bottle now that we- Paul Rand: We can have schools that are for people of certain polygenetic scores That’s a domain I maybe worry about the most because right now is 40% heritable and the polygenic score only predicts about 16 to 20% But imagine schools that admit students or track students based on that score it’s going to end up rising in its predictive power because it’s going to structure their whole educational experience but it’s going to get into the realm of dystopia where we’re making a self-fulfilling prophecy There was a very famous study in the 1960s called Pygmalion in the classroom where they lied to teachers and they randomly told them that these five kids in your class tested in this really awesome cognitive test that’s really predictive of educational success and they’re geniuses I think by 10 points in a year because they were treated differently So I’m afraid that we’re going to create some quick crazy genocast society if we don’t have a careful dialogue and public education about this it was like 85% were done on populations of European ancestry Why is that and what implications does that have that’s a really important point that we haven’t discussed yet which is that whether this is a useful tool it’s going to lead to a utopia or it’s going to lead to a dystopia like we’ve been talking about it’s going to be currently for white people only because the polygenic scores have been trained to predict for people of exclusively European descent and they work the best for people of exclusively European descent they’re noisy and they’re in fact biased in predicting for other groups like Asians or predominantly African descent or Latinos who have a lot of Native American ancestry in their DNA scientists are still trying to work out what they call the portability problem why you can’t port a PGI from one population to another and have it work Is it because of different genetic architectures in the populations And that’s a really technical thing to get into So if the PGI is going to be used to screen for early treatment for cardiovascular disease if someone is very high on the cardiovascular disease polygenic index they start them on statins and other preventative measures very early in life before plaque starts forming their arteries That seems like maybe the least controversial use of these and the most beneficial is that only going to be for white Americans and not for Black or Latino Americans I think we need a massive data collection effort to develop scores in these other populations the reason we have more information and more better scores for people of European descent is because a lot of the data comes from Europe and from countries like the US that’s majority people of exclusively European descent those are the rich countries that are able to do this They are predominantly white and they end up with those scores in East Asia and China and Japan to collect data and run analyses and there’s an effort ongoing in Africa to where actually there is the most genetically diverse population in the world is in sub-Saharan Africa but it’s going to take a lot more investment and I’m not seeing that come from the public sector in the US in any time in the near future Paul Rand: There’s not a person listening that’s not thinking my polygenic index score.” How far off can you say I’m going to go to Walgreens and get my score Dalton Conley: I think we’re just one startup away from that All the pieces are in place that people could do that Paul Rand: When does Elizabeth Holmes get out and I don’t know if there’s still active sites at which you could upload that raw data and it’ll calculate your polygenic indices for you Most people probably want to go to Walgreens like they get a COVID at home test and swab themselves and then mail it in or maybe there’s going to be some day when it can just be transmitted the data to them wirelessly and get your scores back Paul Rand: We’ve toyed around the edges on this what are you thinking we’re going to see will have evolved during that period of time Particularly as you mentioned with AI coming into the mix whether it’s actually faster computers that are helping us get there but the speed of discovery here is likely to be going up exponentially Dalton Conley: I think the scores are going to get better to a certain extent as we get more data I don’t think it’s the computational techniques of AI as much as we need more data and we need structure in a certain way that’s collected with family So what we’re going to be able to predict because there’s if you want to predict your spouse’s or let’s say your child’s personality type that’s much more influenced by environment and not that genetic neuroticism or extraversion is going have a very low upper bound or ceiling that it can reach So much of the effects of the genes work for the things we care about income and education work through the environment let’s say cognitive ability that’s 75% genetic since it’s working through the environment and not just stopping at your neurons or the edge of your cranium Paul Rand: As we peer into a future shaped by genetics kindly reminds us that it’s not about choosing between nature and nurture It’s about understanding how our genetic blueprint interacts with the environments that we create recognizing that while genes can predict our potential it’s up to us to shape the world in which that potential is realized Dalton Conley: We could provide those environments Myopia is one of the most heritable traits there is yet is it got an easy fit environmental fix is that we just distribute classes So I don’t want people to come away from this hour thinking that There’s nothing we can do about it.” The whole point of the book is that a lot’s in our genes but there’s a lot we can do about it because the genes work Matt Hodapp: Big Brains is a production of the University of Chicago Podcast Network Are you a lifelong learner with an insatiable curiosity Access more than 50 open enrollment courses every quarter Learn more at graham.uchicago.edu/bigbrains Exploring the groundbreaking research and discoveries transforming our world news@uchicago.edu We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a 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Please login here to access content or go here to purchase a subscription Read The Graham Star, Robbinsville, North Carolina Thomas was the son of the late Hobert Conley and the late Maxie Mae Jackson Conley Thomas led a rich and fulfilling life marked by his love of family and was especially fond of visits to the Grand Ole Opry He found joy in metal detecting and was happiest working with his hands whether tending to his garden or engaging in other projects he cherished time spent with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren who brought him endless pride and happiness There will be no public service at this time Heritage Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements whose gift for fixing just about anything was matched only by his love for the water Larry was the youngest of three children to his parents Daisy Lee Baum Conley and Joseph Berkley Conley With his sister Wanda Rea about 12 years his senior and the eldest brother Elmer Larry grew up surrounded by the steady presence of his older siblings and just the right amount of silliness and mischief often carried out under their watchful eyes he proudly served as a Naval Technician from 1957-1961 He spent 30 years working as a lab technician and later as a buyer for Marbon Chemicals which eventually became part of Borg Warner Chemicals and later GE Plastics Fix-It skills to manage over 30 rental properties he owned throughout Parkersburg and Vienna He looked forward to weekends whether he was boating and water skiing on the Ohio River or showing off his moves at local skating rinks (he was quite the roller-skating stud!) It was at Skate Country where he met his true love along with the rest of the Fliehman family they set sail down the Florida coastline to Big Pine Key they spent over 20 joyful years living on the water-boating where they lived until Mollie's passing or playing his harmonica under the gazebo in the sunshine Larry passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday Larry was preceeded in death by his brother Wanda Rea Moorehead; his daughters Mindi Martin Lisa (Jeff) Smith; step-daughters Tiffany Hackathorn and Ellerie Hackathorn; his grandchildren Devin Joseph and Delainey Smith; his great-grandchildren and amazing story telling will be deeply missed by everyone who knew him We find comfort in knowing he is now cruising heavenly waters in one of his many boats memorials may be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home and online condolences may be made at www.leavittfh.com Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker A new installation will retell the story of three Wyandot Nation sisters who defended a tribal burial ground in downtown Kansas City The public art project, which organizers are calling a “mobile monument,” will tell the story of Lyda, Helena, and Ida Conley, who occupied Huron Indian Cemetery, now known as the Wyandot National Burying Ground, in 1906 to save it from development. “They built a literal fort that was only 6 feet by 8 feet,” says Neysa Page-Lieberman Artistic Director of Monumenta and co-director of the project The Conleys wanted to stop plans by William E a historian and land surveyor with power of attorney for the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma who had successfully passed a clause into federal law that stripped the cemetery of its protected status and ordered the bodies buried there to be excavated Thanks to the Conley sisters — who presented a formidable force — that didn’t happen “They lived there year-round,” says Page-Lieberman the new project will reimagine the sisters’ so-called “Fort Conley” in a multimedia installation that will include reenactments recorded interviews and commissioned music from Wyandot musicians The project, “Trespassers Beware! Fort Conley and Wyandot Women Warriors,” has received a $200,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation’s Kansas City Monuments Coalition Organizers plan to unveil the monument on Aug The KCUR podcast A People’s History of Kansas City told the story of the Conley sisters’ fight in 2020 To help bring the sisters’ story to a wider audience organizers plan to take the exhibit on the road to reach communities in the Wyandot diaspora in Quebec Lyda Conley eventually earned a law degree and led the Wyandot’s case in court She argued selling the cemetery would violate prior treaties and her case advanced to the country’s highest court in 1910 Conley was the first Native American woman to argue a case before the U.S “The bodies of our ancestors are sacred and they need to remain where they are," Manthe says Manthe says the Wyandot were a matriarchal society and it was normal for women to have prominent roles in the religious and political affairs of the tribe their strong being to protect their ancestors and their family members.” Please register to access this FREE content Bishop James Conley serves as the Bishop of Lincoln He has been a long-time champion of the study of the liberal arts and the ways in which they enlighten both the mind and the soul He was on campus to offer a lecture for the Sheridan Center for Classical Studies So I invited him to the studio to continue the discussion on the great books Sheridan Center for Classical Studies Pia De Solenni | Moral Theologian for IWP Capital Bishop James Conley on the Power of The Great Books Subscribe below to receive weekly emails The opinions expressed on this website do not necessarily reflect the views of the college Copyright © 2025 Benedictine College Site Archive Wieting Family Funeral Home Wieting Family Funeral Home St. Mary Catholic Cemetery to the late Edward Porter and Elizabeth Jane (Gilligan) Conley he married his best friend and love of his life Kathryn and Edward. Edward was raised in Laona Edward taught school in Marion for two years.  In 1967 he began a 34-year career teaching for Kiel Public Schools He scouted for the high school football team and was an assistant coach before he became the head coach during the years his son played Edward served as a City of Kiel alderman for over twenty-five years Leonard Church and enjoyed golfing at Nicolet Country Club he and Marcella moved to Sherwood to be near their children and grandchildren. Edward is survived by his wife Martha (Bill),  many nieces and nephews. Edward was preceded in death by his parents and his mother-in law Ross.A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on February 20 Friends may call from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm at the funeral home on the day of service Mary Catholic Cemetery following his memorial.Edward’s family would like to extend their thanks to the Harrison First Responders and St Elizabeth’s ICU staff for the care and compassion shown to their family member.In Lieu of Flowers please consider donation to Harrison Fire and Rescue I’ll never forget you Granpa and the quiet ways you showed your love and affection I think my favorite memory with you would have to be you surprising me with a bouquet of roses on my 15th birthday I’ll always miss the amazing salsa you used to make and your warm hugs we all will do our part to take good care of her I can’t wait to see you again in Heaven someday On behalf of the Meeme Elementary Sixth Grade Class of 1968 and express our thanks for his year teaching us It’s been 15 years since we’ve seen each other and 20 years since I sat at “Ed’s Stand”…..I’ll see you there in November Kathy and Eddie: Ed is now in the arms of God connected to the thread of everlasting life say hello to all those Irish men and women waiting to welcome you Remembering going in the hayloft at grandma and grandpa's We Would swing out the door and give our moms heart failure Ed we sometimes had our differences as all brothers do on the brothers trip to Wyoming to see our Uncle It was a great time as brothers and we had a great time too remember l love you keep watch over the brothers you left behind Many wonderful memories from getting together by Grandpa & Grandma to the many reunions throughout the year.you have touched so many lives for that we’re all grateful Your family bond was impeccable and it showed through your family and friends You may not have been my best friend growing up but you were way ahead of who ever was in 2nd place You always reminded me that you were the “older brother” (until we were in our 60’s and 70’s) One thing I wish I would have said more often - I LOVE YOU BROTHER Barbara and I will be unable to attend the service but you will be in our prayers Such a beautiful sweet “LADY”; Lori and I only knew Frances for a short time but we were both impressed with her kind demeanor I’m sure it is a big loss for the family we’ll be in prayer for everyones peace in this time while realizing she is safe with her Lord will always remember our gettogethers at the Olive Garden Kay was a faithful friend to many in Valdese I can not tell you of the many beautiful conversations your mother and I had over the years She was a strong community figure for Valdese and a dea Myron and I are so sorry to hear about your sweet mom We are sorry we weren’t able to come to the service on Saturday Daddy’s been sick and Myron and I were unable to leave the restaurant “I’ve Got More to Go to Heaven for Than I Had Yesterday.” I went to her saloon for years and always enjoyed talking to her Sending prayers to her daughter and the ones left behind and website in this browser for the next time I comment Phone: 8288740411 Fax: (828) 874-5390 Visit our Granite Falls location James Patrick Conley goes over strategy with Michigan coach Bump Elliot at a practice during the 1964 season. Conley remained closely connected to the football program, the university as a whole and the surrounding region for the next five-plus decades as an ambassador, donor, friend and businessman. While he was firmly entrenched in the area in and around Ann Arbor, the home of the University of Michigan, friends and family said he never forgot his Springdale roots. “He loved Springdale, and it was still a huge part of his life,” James’ son, Rob Conley, said. “We were always back for something. He would help host a golf outing every year that would raise money for scholarships for the basketball team. He also donated money back to the school for the football program during his best years of working.” James Conley, a 1961 Springdale graduate and three-sport Dynamos standout, died Jan. 17 of failing health, which included the effects of a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. “It was pretty much a challenge the past six months to a year,” said Kevin Lloyd, a 1988 Springdale graduate and lifelong friend of the Conley family. “His short-term memory was shot, but his other memory banks were full. His long-term memory was spot on, and he could remember a story from way back in the day.” Rob Conley said he’s grateful for the outpouring of support since his father’s passing. “There have been so many people to reach out with stories on how my dad impacted their lives or just the joy he brought to their lives,” he said. “Some talked about watching him play football, what he did in the community once he left football, or whatever it was.” Annamarie Conley, Jim’s wife of more than four decades, recalled Jim’s love of his hometown pro football team while living in Detroit Lions country. “In this family, we had to be big Steelers fans,” Annamarie said with a laugh. “I probably went to more Steelers games than Lions games. He instilled that into my daughter (Rachel) and son (Rob). He would love to go to games when he could get tickets. We had friends in the Pittsburgh area who would have tickets, so that was fun.” Born in New Kensington, Conley made a name for himself as a student-athlete at Springdale where he was a four-year letterman in football and a three-year letterman in basketball and soccer. He earned All-WPIAL and third-team all-state football laurels. The Dynamos boys basketball teams were a combined 48-3 his junior and senior years. Those prep athletic successes formed the foundation for a resume worthy of inductions into the Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame and the Allegheny Valley School District Hall of Fame. “He had such success in the recruiting process, making it from Springdale all the way to Michigan,” Lloyd said. Lloyd’s father, former Springdale Mayor Ken Lloyd, and James Conley were best friends growing up in Springdale. The families grew up together and vacationed together every summer. Kevin Lloyd said he was grateful to accept his first “real job” with Conley’s sales agency in Dearborn, Mich., after he graduated from West Virginia in 1993. “I always found it amazing, with all the many great things he did, for a school like Michigan to take notice of a small-town kid like Jim,” Lloyd said. “He was one of the smartest persons I’ve ever met. He definitely took advantage of all his opportunities. He made Springdale proud. Everybody who knew him had so much respect for him.” Michigan in 1964 lost only one game by one point, 21-20, to a Purdue team led by future Super Bowl champion Bob Griese. It featured 16 players who would go on to play professional football. The Wolverines defense posted three shutouts and gave up only 83 points in 10 games. Michigan defeated rivals Michigan State and Ohio State on its way to the Big Ten championship and a spot in the Rose Bowl. The Wolverines dominated Oregon State in Pasadena, Calif., winning 34-7. It was a complete turnaround from 1962 and ’63 when Michigan won a combined five games. Conley, a senior in the 1964 season, was one of several Michigan defensive players to earn All-Big Ten recognition. “I didn’t have size, strength, or speed, so I played all on heart. All on heart. That’s what the team needed,” Conley said in an article posted on MVictors.com the day of his death. Greg Dooley, a Michigan professor and football historian, eulogized Conley on a radio broadcast upon learning of his death. “There are a lot of great memories of this man,” Dooley said. “I got to know his story on the field. I got to tell that story. But I also got to know him off the field. “We use the word ‘family’ so much. We lost a legend in the Michigan football family. Not only is he a historic figure for what he and his team did on the field, but also for his impact on this community, the legacy he left with his family, his beautiful wife, Anna, his kids, Robbie and Rachel, Timmy Adams, his godson, and just so many out there that he touched. There is a heavy heart, but the way he was, he was larger than life. He lit up a room.” After his time as a student at Michigan, Conley became a successful businessman in the region in and around Ann Arbor. He helped secure a patent to quickly process leather, which enabled his firm to become a major supplier to the auto industry for much of its leather needs. Lloyd said Conley always looked to give back with his time, talents and financial ability. “Early on after playing, he was an ambassador for the program to the players who would come in each year,” Lloyd said. “As time went on, he was more of a fan, and he rarely missed a home game, especially Michigan State and Ohio State. He was a man about town in Ann Arbor socially and in business.” Conley was a past president of the Michigan Alumni Club of Detroit. He also gave back to the Springdale community by underwriting scholarships for Springdale High School and sponsoring the Conley-Drennan Summer Basketball League in the school district. Michigan has recognized Conley multiple times for his volunteer work and financial support. Beginning in the late ’90s, James and Annamarie Conley established an endowed scholarship to the Wolverines football team that would be presented each year to a player on the defensive side of the football. “We donated one time, and it will go on forever,” Annamarie Conley said. “The university takes money and invests it. “We left it up to the school and the selection committee, but Jim had a hand in establishing the (selection) criteria. They then let us know who they selected. Sometimes we would get a picture, and we would find out the information about the player online. There used to be a meet-and-greet where we would go meet with the recipient and get to know them.” The 1964 Michigan team held its 60th reunion in October, and the Conley family, including James, were there to commemorate that special season. “I know that when he was sitting at the table and would see certain players or friends, he would ask me to have that person come over and talk to him,” Annamarie Conley said. “He remembered faces. Many of his friends would reach out to him throughout his Alzheimer’s battle. It was a good evening, but it also was a tough evening. I am glad I was able to get him there. Being the captain of the team, I felt it was important for the team to have him there.” Said Rob Conley: “He would be able to remember stories and people. At the reunion when people would come up and say hi to him, you could see his eyes get bigger when he would recognize who it was.” If Javascript is disabled browser, to place orders please visit the page where our photos are available to purchase News Center News Center Research Education Patient Care Give About Research Education Patient Care Give About Precision Health September 24 By Nina Bai Conley used her prominent position to advocate for women in medicine a trailblazing neurosurgeon at Stanford Medicine became the country's first female tenured professor in neurosurgery and later made national headlines for speaking out against sexism in medicine She was a highly skilled and innovative surgeon specializing in spinal surgeries and carotid artery blockages; an accomplished researcher studying how the immune system might be harnessed to fight brain tumors; and a compelling educator whose legacy continues to inspire new generations entering the profession She also served as chief of staff at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Health System from 1998 to 2000 dean of the Stanford School of Medicine and vice president of medical affairs at Stanford University "Her fight for her own dignity and the dignity of others facing discrimination left an indelible impact on the Stanford Medicine community and beyond." Conley possessed the confidence and fearlessness not uncommon among surgeons in a highly competitive field but she was singular among her peers in having to apply those qualities to navigate ingrained prejudices throughout her career "She was very much a fighter, and she probably needed to be a fighter," said John Adler who became friends with Conley after she recruited him to Stanford in 1987 "Being one of the first women in the specialty she faced more skepticism than most." As a medical student in the early 1990s and later as a neurosurgery resident, Odette Harris encountered Conley in operating rooms and in lecture halls her accomplishments blazed a path for us all," said Harris the Paralyzed Veterans of America Professor in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine and one of the first Black female professors of neurosurgery in the country There was nobody else in the country that had a woman neurosurgeon on faculty." Harris remembers attending a neuroscience lecture in which Conley talked about how high heels contributed to back pain and posture problems yet women had tolerated wearing shoes designed by men who would never wear them she was on a campaign against them," Harris said "She actually wore trainers." regardless of how popular or unpopular it was." After Harris graduated from medical school and started her career once in a while she would receive an unsolicited letter of encouragement from Conley "She went out of her way to reach out to me and to provide me with what I call stealth support," Harris said "She always wrote at a time when I felt like the support was powerful The fact that she celebrated in my accomplishments was incredibly meaningful to me." Her father was a professor of geochemistry at Stanford University then returned to work as a teacher and counselor Her parents encouraged her career aspirations but she recalled that "even in my wonderful academic family," her brother was given a life insurance policy for his 16th birthday whereas she and her sisters were given sewing machines for theirs She attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania for two years before transferring to Stanford University She applied to the Stanford School of Medicine after her junior year and began medical school in 1961 part of a class with an unusually high number of women for the time - 12 out of 60 She recalled that nearly everything they were taught was "from the 'normal' perspective of the 70-kilogram man the paradigm upon which all traditional medical education was based." Women's health focused almost entirely on their reproductive function Between her first and second years of medical school handsome California Institute of Technology graduate with an MBA from Harvard and he in javelin - he represented the United States at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne she became the first female surgical resident at Stanford University Hospital "As with acceptance to medical school I was so happy to just be included I would have walked on my hands for the entire year if that was what it took to belong and be part of this exclusive group," she wrote Frances Conley wrote a book about her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated field.\nStanford Medicine After initially considering plastic surgery the most acceptable surgical specialty for women at the time enthralled by the ability to turn around patients' lives I knew then this was what I wanted to do with my life." she joined the faculty as an assistant professor and chief of neurosurgery at the Palo Alto VA hospital She also established a research lab at the VA focusing on the development of an immunotherapy for brain tumors using rodent models she brought new procedures to neurosurgery - including lumbar spine fusion which connected vertebrae to ease pain and had been primarily performed by orthopaedic surgeons; and carotid endarterectomies which cleared plaque from arteries supplying blood to the brain Both treated conditions prevalent among patients who were veterans "She was an excellent neurosurgeon and took outstanding care of her patients," said Lawrence Shuer professor of neurosurgery who served as acting chair of the department from 1992 to 1995 "I think her patients were appreciative of the innovative care she brought to them." she became the first woman in America to be awarded tenure in neurosurgery she was among the women featured in a Time magazine article titled "The New Ideal of Beauty," including a photo of her holding a javelin.) She took a sabbatical year in 1985 to complete a master's in management science at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where she studied cost-benefit analyses organizational behavior and power dynamics "Her aspiration was that she really wanted to change the world," said Ron Sann "And she had a belief that she could do anything that a guy could do which today may not be a revolutionary concept it was considered an avant-garde perspective." Conley made a bold stand against a colleague's promotion to chair of the neurosurgery department voicing her concerns about equity and standards of leadership conduct Her public protest sparked a national conversation about sexism in academic medicine After the Stanford School of Medicine's dean committed to addressing the issues she raised Conley decided to stay on as tenured faculty Her protest inspired many to advocate for a more equitable future in medicine Conley was invited for public speaking engagements around the country It seemed that at every medical school she visited students and faculty told her stories of unequal and abusive treatment toward women She also heard from nurses and clerical staff who risked their more vulnerable careers to tell their stories In 1998, Conley published a book, Walking Out on the Boys chronicling the episode from her perspective "She felt that this was an important thing for her to do," Adler said "that if someone didn't wage this fight young women neurosurgeons would be at a disadvantage in years to come." Her drive and conviction extended beyond medicine the first year that women were allowed to enter the 7-mile Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco Conley was the first woman to cross the finish line the newspaper announced that a "Palo Alto housewife" had won the women's race Few people knew that this was technically her second win - several years prior she had entered the race as "Francis" and finished the race in an overcoat "I think women's rights as a whole was the metric she was really interested in," Sann said she was appointed acting chief of staff at the Palo Alto VA Health Care System and elected chair of the university's faculty senate She served on the editorial boards of the journals Neurosurgery and American Family Physician and as chair of public relations for both the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Conley retired from Stanford Medicine in 2000 her husband and their beloved dogs moved to Sea Ranch a tranquil coastal community in Sonoma County the Conleys built a family among the Stanford community They funded scholarships and took many Stanford University undergraduates "Her fight for her own dignity and the dignity of others facing discrimination left an indelible impact on the Stanford Medicine community and beyond." "She was very much a fighter, and she probably needed to be a fighter," said John Adler "Being one of the first women in the specialty As a medical student in the early 1990s and later as a neurosurgery resident, Odette Harris her accomplishments blazed a path for us all," said Harris There was nobody else in the country that had a woman neurosurgeon on faculty." she was on a campaign against them," Harris said regardless of how popular or unpopular it was." "She went out of her way to reach out to me and to provide me with what I call stealth support," Harris said "She always wrote at a time when I felt like the support was powerful The fact that she celebrated in my accomplishments was incredibly meaningful to me." but she recalled that "even in my wonderful academic family," her brother was given a life insurance policy for his 16th birthday was "from the 'normal' perspective of the 70-kilogram man the paradigm upon which all traditional medical education was based." Women's health focused almost entirely on their reproductive function I was so happy to just be included I would have walked on my hands for the entire year if that was what it took to belong and be part of this exclusive group," she wrote Frances Conley wrote a book about her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated field.Stanford Medicine I knew then this was what I wanted to do with my life." "She was an excellent neurosurgeon and took outstanding care of her patients," said Lawrence Shuer "I think her patients were appreciative of the innovative care she brought to them." she was among the women featured in a Time magazine article titled "The New Ideal of Beauty," including a photo of her holding a javelin.) "Her aspiration was that she really wanted to change the world," said Ron Sann "And she had a belief that she could do anything that a guy could do it was considered an avant-garde perspective." In 1998, Conley published a book, Walking Out on the Boys "She felt that this was an important thing for her to do," Adler said young women neurosurgeons would be at a disadvantage in years to come." the newspaper announced that a "Palo Alto housewife" had won the women's race Few people knew that this was technically her second win - several years prior she had entered the race as "Francis" and finished the race in an overcoat "I think women's rights as a whole was the metric she was really interested in," Sann said She served on the editorial boards of the journals Neurosurgery and American Family Physician Stanford Medicine is an integrated academic health system comprising the Stanford School of Medicine and adult and pediatric health care delivery systems. Together, they harness the full potential of biomedicine through collaborative research, education and clinical care for patients. For more information, please visit med.stanford.edu Nina Bai is a science writer in the Office of Communications.  Cancer November 01 including those needed for brain plasticity Stanford Medicine discoveries are opening a promising new branch of oncology research Stanford Medicine News Events Careers Contact Stanford Medicine News Events Careers Contact Health Care Stanford Health Care Stanford Children's Health Health Care Stanford Health Care Stanford Children's Health Basic Science Departments Clinical Science Departments Centers & Programs Institutes Basic Science Departments Clinical Science Departments Centers & Programs Institutes A-Z Directory Academic Programs Faculty Development & Diversity School Contacts A-Z Directory Academic Programs Faculty Development & Diversity School Contacts ©2025 Stanford School of Medicine Privacy Policy • Terms of Use • Accessibility • Non-Discrimination Privacy Policy • Terms of Use • Accessibility • Non-Discrimination Stanford complies with all applicable civil rights laws and does not engage in illegal preferences or discrimination.  Stanford's Non-Discrimination Policy Stanford complies with all applicable civil rights laws and does not engage in illegal preferences or discrimination.  Stanford's Non-Discrimination Policy Medina police are investigating a possible connection between a suspected burglary ring hitting homes of pro athletes across the country and the burglary of a Minnesota Timberwolves player and others in the west metro suburb last year This traces back to several break-ins in Medina in mid-September including the home of Timberwolves point guard Mike Conley Jr In a search warrant affidavit filed this week a Medina police investigator said evidence links men charged with burglarizing the home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow to the break-ins here a Hennepin County judge granted the officer access to those suspects’ phones law enforcement in Ohio arrested four men listed in the Hennepin County District Court filing during a traffic stop Body camera video obtained by ABC News showed one of the suspects wearing a Cincinnati Bengals beanie and in the trunk authorities found a Louis Vuitton bag and a shirt from LSU requesting a search warrant for their phones alleging the suspects were “seen on camera discarding a rental vehicle in Miami…” which is allegedly where a suburban connected to the Medina break-ins was rented from The affidavit lists three break-ins between Sept Two of them occurred on Deer Hill Road and the third on Hunter Drive Medina Police Department Chief Jason Nelson said Medina police hope to find additional evidence on the suspects’ devices as well as location data that would link the suspects to burglaries here “We are working with authorities out there to assist us in gathering that data,” Chief Nelson said on Wednesday MD) died February 28th at Oak Crest Retirement Community Conley was a retired Aerospace Engineer from Aberdeen Proving Ground MD where he was employed by the Army Test and Evaluation Command from 1966 to 1988  He was also a flight instructor with the APG flying club NJ where he was employed by the Federal Aviation Administration’s Experimental Center (1959-1966)  He was educated in the Chandler schools and attended Oklahoma State University where he graduated as a Mechanical Engineer RI where he was commissioned an Ensign and later assigned to a fighter squadron  He was released from active duty in 1959 and spent the next 17 years in the Naval Air Reserves at the Naval Air Station NJ where he was the commanding officer of two separate reserve units  He retired from the Naval Air Reserves in 1979 with the rank of Captain Conley is survived by his wife Barbara (nee Cavalli) Conley nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren A memorial service will be held at the Oak Crest Community Chapel In lieu of flowers, it was requested that donations be made to the Food for the Poor (http://www.foodforthepoor.org) Kaitlyn Conley, convicted of manslaughter in 2017 has had her conviction overturned by the Fourth Department in Rochester The State Appellate Division in Rochester ruled in its motion to grant Conley’s appeal and dismiss count one of the indictment without prejudice Conley and her attorneys filed a new appeal with the State Appellate Division in Rochester last May was tried twice in 2017 for second-degree murder for the July 2015 poisoning death of her employer The first trial ended in a hung jury; jurors in the second trial found her guilty of first-degree manslaughter “That put a direct end to Conley’s appeal process,” Swartz said to the Observer-Dispatch in 2024 “I was retained around 2021 to file a Criminal Procedure Law 440 motion and filed that motion in August 2022.” Swartz argued that Conley’s attorneys failed to properly represent her due to “...a cumulative number of missteps.” And the State Appellate Division in Rochester agreed Conley said in her motion that the attorney in the first case did not rightfully challenge the seizure and search of Conley's phone and a laptop belonging to Adam Yoder Conley's ex-boyfriend and Mary Yoder's son which had a backup of Conley's phone on it The Fourth Department in Rochester’s decision reads “We agree with defendant that she was denied effective assistance of counsel inasmuch as defense counsel failed to properly move to suppress the evidence obtained from her cell phone.” The Fourth Department says that during the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office investigation into Yoder’s death the warrant authorizing to seize Conley’s cellphone had a stipulation that after the seizure it was to be delivered to the warrant issuing court “...without unnecessary delay." “Rather than return it to the warrant-issuing court [the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office] delivered it to a cybersecurity and forensics center where a forensic examination and memory extraction was conducted,” the motion read The court also agreed with Conley’s motion that she was denied effective assistance of counsel saying the “...defense counsel failed to properly move to suppress the evidence obtained from her cellphone.”  “Indiscriminate searches pursuant to general warrants were the immediate evils that motivated the framing and adoption of the Fourth Amendment,” the decision reads at her residence following an extended illness.  She was born September 2 Conley was preceded in death by her parents; sisters Ann was a true example of a proverbs 31 wife loved singing and was a song leader for over 40 years.  She worked at Keller Ladders and Southern Laundry.  Ann loved her pet rabbit and she loved flowers.  She was well known for her radiate smile.  Ann always saw the good in others and showed love and kindness.  She would always say “you don’t know what that person is going through” and “be the first one to forgive”.  Ann brought so much joy to her family and friends She is survived by her husband of 65 years Ricky Conley (Brenda) of Oak Park; 6 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; several nieces in the chapel of Chapman Funeral Home with Rev Don Carroll and Pastor Mike Ogden officiating Interment will follow in Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm Cole Conley and Gabe Conley.     Condolences may be expressed at www.chapmanfhofswainsboro.com Chapman Funeral Home of Swainsboro is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs Image: Arvind Balaraman / FreeDigitalPhotos.net