Connie Belle (Ayers) Mascher, was born August 3, 1927 in Omaha, Nebraska to Irene Whitehill. She passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa.

Connie attended country schools in Page and Fremont counties and Coin High School for four years graduating in 1946. Following graduation she worked for Henry Field Nursery & Seed Company in Shenandoah.

After work one beautiful September day Connie and a friend were walking to a restaurant and were stopped by two young men, one of them was Glen Richard Mascher. The flip of a coin changed their lives, and Connie and Richard were married three months later on December 18, 1946 in Atchison, Kansas along with Connie's cousin, Boyd Whitehill and Gwen Bayless. Both couples enjoyed 50 years of marriage.

Following their marriage Rich and Connie farmed for Donald and Helen Pierce for one year. They then moved into Farragut where together they worked as janitors for Farragut Schools. Richard then went to work for Farmers Coop for 22 years. Connie stayed at home to raise their children, Dennis Richard, Glenda Kay and Carol Eileen, until their children were all in school. She then worked at various companies in Shenandoah including Tip-Top, Montgomery Ward, Goldberg's Clothing and Spurgeon's. Later she worked for Herriman's Grocery Store in Farragut when Rich began driving for Farmaster as an over-the-road truck driver.

Connie had many interests and was very involved in her community. She was an excellent seamstress and made all the dresses for her daughters' weddings and the dresses for her son and daughter-in-law's double wedding. Connie also enjoyed raising flowers and gardening and won many ribbons at the Fremont County Fair throughout the years. She enjoyed oil painting, dancing with Rich and the Dancing Grannies, singing, cooking and baking and collecting and writing poems. She loved watching the birds and squirrels out her big window in her kitchen.

Connie was a member of the Farragut First United Methodist Church. She served as a Den Mother, and was a member of and held offices in the United Methodist Women's Club, Garden and Craft Club, Senior Citizens, Service Mothers, Gold Star Auxiliary, and the Care Review Board at the Sidney Health Care Center. In 1988, Connie was chosen as First lady of the Year by the Phi Beta Kappa Sorority.

Connie put her family and home above anything else. She was so proud of her family's accomplishments and was there to cheer them on whenever possible. Nothing pleased her more then having her family together and fixing a "family dinner."

Connie was preceded in death by her husband Richard (1997); mother and step-father; sisters-in-law Elaine Peters and Dorothy McIntyre and husband Richard.

She is survived by her son, Denny Mascher and wife Gloria of Farragut, Iowa; daughter Glenda Huntsman and husband David of Davis Junction, Illinois; daughter Carol Bryson and her companion Jim Polsley of Shenandoah, Iowa; grandchildren Christopher Mascher and wife Corrie of Columbus, Ohio, Lindsey Mascher and fianc Lance Foster of Shenandoah, Iowa, Jeremy Huntsman and wife Jeanne of Des Moines, Iowa, Kristina Huntsman of Des Moines, Iowa, Tiffany McCarty and husband Ian of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Nichole Passons and husband Andrew of Denton, Texas; great grandchildren Dakota and Jayden Mascher and Sean Gnat, Peyton and Denver Sickler, Cadence McCarty, Abigail Passons and another great-grandchild due in April; brother Charles Ayers of Essex, Iowa; sister-in-law Doris Cooper and husband Bud of Shenandoah, Iowa; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other family and friends.

Burial will be held at the Farragut Cemetery in Farragut, Iowa.

Memorials may be directed to the Farragut United Methodist Church of Farragut, Iowa.