{"id":206658,"date":"2026-05-31T04:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/206658\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T04:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:50:09","slug":"mary-connors-obituary-reading-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/206658\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Connors Obituary &#8211; Reading, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tMary \u201cCarol\u201d Connors \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Mary \u201cCarol\u201d Connors, 88, passed away on May 21, 2026, at the Long Community at Highlands in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She was the wife of the late John \u201cJack\u201d Connors.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Carol was the daughter of the late Carl and Elizabeth (Moran) Hoke. She was a graduate of Pottsville Catholic High School.<\/p>\n<p>Carol\u2019s greatest joy in life was her family, and she was a devoted mother and grandmother. Over the years, she worked at the Bank of Pennsylvania, Boscov\u2019s, Walmart, and Royer\u2019s Flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Carol loved cooking and baking \u2014 especially her famous chocolate chip cookies and she made every holiday special with her beautiful decorations. She also found great happiness tending to her gardens and flowers while living in Robesonia, Pennsylvania. Alongside her husband Jack, Carol also travelled the world extensively.<\/p>\n<p> She is survived by her sisters, Betty (Hoke) Ponti and Shirley (Hoke) Sekely; her son, John Kevin Connors and his wife, Jennifer, of Robesonia; her daughter Erin Connors of Alexandria, Virginia; her grandchildren, Zachary, Ryan, and Kylie Connors; and her beloved dog, Shamus.<\/p>\n<p> Carol was a devoted animal lover. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the SPCA or the Humane Society of one\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n<p>Services will be private and held at the convenience of the family. To send an online condolence, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheetzfuneralhome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.sheetzfuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mary \u201cCarol\u201d Connors OBITUARY Mary \u201cCarol\u201d Connors, 88, passed away on May 21, 2026, at the Long Community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-206658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}