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Constance Schoppe
January 15, 1921 - September 20, 2020
Constance Schoppe St. Paul, MN Date of Death: Sept. 20, 2020 A graveside memorial service for Constance Schoppe, 99, of St. Paul, MN, will be held at 11:00am Friday, September 24, 2021 at the Jefferson Cemetery, Jefferson, Iowa. Family friends and acquaintances are welcome to attend. Obituary for Harriet Constance Schoppe January 15, 1921 – September 20, 2021 Harriet Constance Schoppe was taken home to be with her Lord on September 20, 2020. She was born on January 15, 1921 to Paul and Nora Schoppe in Jefferson, Iowa. Connie, as she preferred to be called, had one older sister, Dorcas Jane Schoppe. Connie was preceded in death by her parents and by her sister. Connie graduated from Jefferson High School in Jefferson, Iowa in 1939. In 1943, she graduated from Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa with a degree of Bachelor of Science and a major in Dietetics. Following graduation from college Connie took a dietetics internship at the University of Minnesota and then worked as a dietitian at Abbott Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She later returned to the University of Minnesota where she was employed for 30 years as a dietitian in the University hospitals. Connie was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and the Omicron Nu Home Economics honor society. Connie was a long-time member of the United Methodist Church in Jefferson, Iowa and Messiah Episcopal Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Connie loved Jesus and was known to be a person of faith. She spent much time in prayer for those in her wide circle of friends. She exemplified compassion and concern for people in need and for the oppressed. She especially loved children and “adopted” some of them as her special friends and grandchildren along the way Connie had a special place in her heart for all animals and especially loved cats. She enjoyed a special relationship to numerous feline friends. Connie spent the last four years of her life living at Brookdale Senior Residence in West St. Paul, Minnesota where she enjoyed visits from Messiah church friends and other acquaintances. Connie had strong affection for her early life in Jefferson, Iowa and often shared many cherished memories of her childhood family life in her brick home near the Jefferson city center. Services by Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home, Jefferson.
Constance Schoppe St. Paul, MN Date of Death: Sept. 20, 2020 A graveside memorial service for Constance Schoppe, 99, of St. Paul, MN, will be held at 11:00am Friday, September 24, 2021 at the Jefferson Cemetery, Jefferson, Iowa. Family friends... View Obituary & Service Information