Connie J. Remby, 47, of Raytown, MO, died Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at Country View Estates care home in Seneca, KS. She was admitted to the care home on March 7, 2003. In 1993 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and in November 2000 with a brain tumor.

She was born March 16, 1956, in Axtell, KS, the daughter of Leonard and Ruth Barnes Tanking. Connie grew up on a farm south of Baileyville and graduated from B & B High School in 1974. During high school, she was a Candy Striper volunteer at the Axtell Hospital.

Following high school, she studied nursing at the Vo-Tec at Emporia. She qualified as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) after taking the board tests. She worked at the Sabetha Hospital for a year, Kansas Neurological Institute in Topeka, and at the KU Medical Center in the Psychiatric and Burn Units. Her last employer was Dr. John Moore, MD at Research Hospital in Kansas City where she worked since 1994. Her health made it necessary for her to retire in November of 2000.

She attended Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Raytown.

Survivors are two sons, Ryan Essman of Grantville, KS, and Lucas Remby of Lawrence; a daughter, Camille Remby of Raytown; her parents, Leonard and Ruth Tanking of Vermillion, KS; two sisters, Terry Plumberg of Seneca and Jackie Berkley of Vermillion; and her grandmother, Millie Tanking of Seneca.

Mass of Christian burial will be 10 AM Saturday at Sacred Heart Church in Baileyville, KS. Burial will be in the church cemetery. A rosary will be prayed at 7 PM Friday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given for the Connie Remby Fund, and sent in care of the Vermillion State Bank, Vermillion, KS 66544.