Brendan Conner Obituary

Brendan Mead Conner, 1964-2009. Brendan Conner, 45, died in his home in La Grange Park on Nov. 16, of brain cancer. Born April 13, 1964, in Evanston, Brendan attended Morgan Park High School in Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BS 1985), University of Minnesota (MS 1992) and the University of Chicago (MBA 1998). Founder and president of ConnerSoft, Inc., a software consulting company, Brendan will be remembered as a talented musician; avid world and local traveler; participant in clearing Forest Preserves of buckthorn; and enthusiastic photographer. No one was safe from Brendan's camera, not even the cicadas, which he found beautiful and fascinating. Survived by his wife Mary (nee Leming), whom he greeted each morning with "Hey, love of my life"; his brothers Robbin, of NY, and Gareth, of RI; his sisters Maia, of Oak Park, IL, Gwenda, of CT, and Ariadne, of VA; his parents, Roger and Marsda Conner, of Oak Park, IL; one nephew and five nieces. Burial service will be held at a later date at St. James Episcopal Church, St. James, NY 11780. Donations in his memory may be sent to Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Attn. Terri Dillon, Office of Development, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 9th Floor, Chicago IL 60611, www.cancer.northwestern.edu. Checks may be made payable to the "Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute" to support research www.braintumorinstitute.org, or to the "Cancer Care Support Fund" to assist cancer patients who cannot afford medication.