A. Corinne "Connie" (Miller) Wilson

A. Corinne “Connie” Wilson, 90, Salina, formerly of Hays, died Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at the Salina Regional Health Center.

She was born November 4, 1925 in Great Bend, Kansas the daughter of Maurice and Elsie (Spring) Miller.  On August 24, 1947 she married E. Jerry Wilson in Pawnee Rock, KS.  He died October 20, 1998.  She received her BS degree in English and her teaching degree from Fort Hays State University.  She taught English at Hays High School, Washington Elementary School, and was a substitute teacher in the school district.  She was a teacher assistant at Holy Family Elementary School, and was very active in the Friendship Family Program at FHSU as well as the English as a Second Language (ESL) program at FHSU.  She loved being an educator and language teacher, was an active Foster Grandparent, loved history and reading, and was very outgoing and gregarious.  She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the church choir, the United Methodist Women, the Sorosis women’s club, was a founding member of the Prairie Garden Club, and a member of the Delta Zeta sorority at FHSU.  She was very proud to live in Hays, Kansas and enjoyed crocheting, golf, bridge, gardening, tennis, aerobics, holiday decorating and gift giving, traveling, and singing Happy Birthday on her children’s and grandchildren’s birthdays.  She was a violinist with the Hays Symphony Orchestra and she kept active in education with the exchange students that lived in her home. 

Survivors include a son; Marc Wilson and wife Cathi of Manhattan, two daughters; Linda Collins and husband Barry of Salina, and Carolee Little and husband Barry of Castlewood, SD, a brother; Leon Miller and wife Laura of Dallas, TX, seven grandchildren; Amy Collins, Robbie Collins and wife Kati, Isaac Little, Eli Little and wife Jessica, Chenin Wilson, Brandon Prough and wife Shaina, and Gary Jon Prough, six great grandchildren; Emry, Madison, Cassidy, Brian, Stone, and Jarrod.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Friday, May 13, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church, 305 W. 7th Street, Hays.  Burial will follow in the Mt. Allen Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 pm on Thursday at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine, and from 9:00 am until service time on Friday at the church.  Memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church or to the English as a Second Language (ESL) program at FHSU, in care of the funeral home.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com