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Connie Lynn Hines, Age: 72
Apr 28, 1945 - Dec 16, 2017
Connie L. Hines passed away at her home in Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday, December 16, 2017, surrounded by her loving family after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. Connie was born April 28, 1945 in Urania, Louisiana the only child of Thomas and Lucille Timmons. She was united in marriage to the love of her life, Wendell R. Hines, on April 11, 1968 in Alexandria, Louisiana. He preceded her in death February 22, 1987. They were blissfully married for 18 years. Connie received her Home Economics degree from Northwestern Louisiana University in 1967 but chose to devote her life to her family as a homemaker. She was an excellent wife, mother, and grandmother and spent many years either leading, volunteering at, or attending her children's and grandchildren's numerous activities. A consummate cook, she took great pride in preparing meals for her family and friends. She collected a library of cookbooks from her many travels and enjoyed watching cooking and home decorating channels. Connie was also an avid reader, a talented seamstress, and an active member of Platte Woods United Methodist Church. She is survived by her children; daughter Lori L. Hines-O'Rourke and husband Kenneth, and son W. Mark Hines and wife Wendi; her grandchildren, Sean M. O'Rourke, Sarah L. O'Rourke, Nathan M. Hines, and Ashlyn G. Hines, all of Parkville, Missouri; and her mother, Lucille Gentry Timmons of Kansas City, Missouri, formerly of Dry Prong, Louisiana. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her father, Thomas E. Timmons in 2008. A remembrance service will be held in Pineville, Louisiana at a date yet to be determined. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Stand Up to Cancer, or the American Cancer Society. "Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die."" -John 11:25-26 Wife, mother, daughter...she was loved.
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