ON SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2017 FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS, VERONICA JANE CONRAD WAS CALLED HOME TO BE WITH HER HEAVENLY FATHER. KNOWN TO ALL AS “RONNIE”, SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SPOUSE OF 62 YEARS, JOHN “JACK” THOMAS CONRAD IN ADDITION TO DAUGHTERS VERONICA JANE HANELT, DEBORAH ANN MALONEY, TERRI JEANNE CARPENTER AND SON JOHN “JACK” THOMAS CONRAD, 7 GRANDCHILDREN, AS WELL AS HER LOVING SISTER, MELANIE CLAIRE O’GRADY. BORN IN NYC ON JUNE 22, 1932, RONNIE GRADUATED FROM BISHOP MCDONALD HIGH SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN, NY, IN JUNE OF 1949. AFTER 6 YEARS AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY WITH A NEW YORK CITY IMPORT FIRM, RONNIE LEFT TO EMBARK ON A NEW CAREER AS A HOMEMAKER. RONNIE WAS FUN LOVING AND QUICK WHITTED IN ADDITION TO BEING A DEVOTED MOTHER AND DUTIFUL WIFE. SHE WAS WELL RESPECTED AND LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER. WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER LAUGHTER, HER SMILE AND THE TIMES WE SHARED. TO KNOW HER WAS A GIFT FROM HEAVEN. WE THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS GIFT. RONNIE IS TO BE CREMATED WITH A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD AT SACRED HEART ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BREVARD, NC, ON TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017 AT 11:00 A.M. THE MASS WILL BE OFFICIATED BY REV. JOHN PAGEL. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO CAREPARTNERS HOSPICE OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, 1266 ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY, SUITE 5, BREVARD, NC 28712.

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