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Connie Lou Fauss died suddenly in her home on Tuesday, September 8 in Hooper, NE.
Connie was born May 18, 1937, to Clarence and Marie (Sohl) Uhler at her grandparents’ home on the Sohl homestead with her aunts, Ruth and Eunice, attending to her birth in rural Hooper. Connie grew up as an only child, started elementary school at age 4 in the one room Wolcott country school near Winslow, and graduated from Hooper High School in 1954.
Connie grew up on a farm, but farm life was not for Connie. Her mother, Marie, loved to cook and clean and taught Connie many valuable lessons, and her father, Clarence was a particular and successful farmer and cattleman, but Connie was not a farm girl at heart. Connie met the love of her life, Ronnie Fauss, the son of a general contractor, Earl and Irene (Popken) Fauss, when she was 9 and he was 11 while their parents were enjoying playing cards in Winslow. They had to wait a while for their first date. The first date was on March 21, 1951, when Ronnie, a junior, gave Connie, a freshman, a ride home from the district music contest where both sang solos. The couple married on March 27, 1955, at Grace Lutheran Church in Hooper. They honeymooned in Florida. They were wonderful parents to their son Rick, daughter Cindy, and son Rayme. Ronnie and Connie loved life together. They loved holding hands and were excellent ball room dancers and were referred to as “Bobby and Sissy†by the family. One of their favorite things to do together was going out to eat. They enjoyed eating downtown in Hooper as a couple, meeting friends for supper or a cocktail, or gathering the whole family around the dinner table. In their later years, Ronnie and Connie spent the winter months at Venture Out in Mesa, AZ. Ronnie loved it. Connie tolerated it. Connie’s heart was at home in Nebraska surrounded by her kids, grandkids, and the places and people she loved.
Connie worked over 30 years as a bookkeeper for the family business Fauss Construction with Ronnie and her sons, but her favorite work was being the mother of her kids and a grandma to her grandkids. Whether it was being a cub scout or brownie leader when her kids were young, supporting Rick and Rayme’s football and wrestling or Cindy’s cheerleading in high school, hosting Sunday afternoon family dinners once her kids married and had kids, or gathering the family for annual pumpkin carving and Easter egg coloring, Connie’s best times were with family. Connie loved to love, laugh, and be loved.
Connie loved singing, dancing, talking and laughing with friends, and watching TV. She was an excellent pianist and accompanist, a fast typist, skilled with numbers, and well known for her homemade thousand island dressing and potato salad. She loved vacationing with the kids when they were young, vacationing with friends, and vacationing with the grandkids. Ronnie and Connie’s great love for their kids and grandkids is seen in being affectionately called “Grandpa and Grandma Ronnie†by their grandkids and many of their grandkid’s friends to this day.
Connie was preceded in death by Ronnie. It is no surprise that Connie died less than 1 year after Ronnie. She loved Ronnie and life was not the same without him. Connie was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Marie Uhler, Ronnie’s parents, Earl and Irene Fauss. She is survived by her three children, Rick (Eileen Boyer) Fauss of Fremont, Cindy (Tom) Weitzenkamp of rural Uehling, Rayme (Kim) Fauss of Fremont, 6 grandchildren, Jon (Janelle) Weitzenkamp, Jenny (Chris) Estudillo, Amy (Justin) Cook, Lissy (John) Nicola, Ellen Janssen, Holly (Paul) Rasmussen, 18 great grandchildren, and 2 great great granddaughters. We thank God for our mom and grandma. She taught us a lot about life.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hooper Fire Department, or Hooper Senior Center.
Visitation will be Friday, September 11, 2026 with the family present from 4pm to 7pm at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hooper. The funeral will be 10:30am, Saturday also at Redeemer with burial to follow in the Hooper Cemetery.
Ludvigsen’s Hooper Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.
Online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com
Connie was born May 18, 1937, to Clarence and Marie (Sohl) Uhler at her grandparents’ home on the Sohl homestead with her aunts, Ruth and Eunice, attending to her birth in rural Hooper. Connie grew up as an only child, started elementary school at age 4 in the one room Wolcott country school near Winslow, and graduated from Hooper High School in 1954.
Connie grew up on a farm, but farm life was not for Connie. Her mother, Marie, loved to cook and clean and taught Connie many valuable lessons, and her father, Clarence was a particular and successful farmer and cattleman, but Connie was not a farm girl at heart. Connie met the love of her life, Ronnie Fauss, the son of a general contractor, Earl and Irene (Popken) Fauss, when she was 9 and he was 11 while their parents were enjoying playing cards in Winslow. They had to wait a while for their first date. The first date was on March 21, 1951, when Ronnie, a junior, gave Connie, a freshman, a ride home from the district music contest where both sang solos. The couple married on March 27, 1955, at Grace Lutheran Church in Hooper. They honeymooned in Florida. They were wonderful parents to their son Rick, daughter Cindy, and son Rayme. Ronnie and Connie loved life together. They loved holding hands and were excellent ball room dancers and were referred to as “Bobby and Sissy†by the family. One of their favorite things to do together was going out to eat. They enjoyed eating downtown in Hooper as a couple, meeting friends for supper or a cocktail, or gathering the whole family around the dinner table. In their later years, Ronnie and Connie spent the winter months at Venture Out in Mesa, AZ. Ronnie loved it. Connie tolerated it. Connie’s heart was at home in Nebraska surrounded by her kids, grandkids, and the places and people she loved.
Connie worked over 30 years as a bookkeeper for the family business Fauss Construction with Ronnie and her sons, but her favorite work was being the mother of her kids and a grandma to her grandkids. Whether it was being a cub scout or brownie leader when her kids were young, supporting Rick and Rayme’s football and wrestling or Cindy’s cheerleading in high school, hosting Sunday afternoon family dinners once her kids married and had kids, or gathering the family for annual pumpkin carving and Easter egg coloring, Connie’s best times were with family. Connie loved to love, laugh, and be loved.
Connie loved singing, dancing, talking and laughing with friends, and watching TV. She was an excellent pianist and accompanist, a fast typist, skilled with numbers, and well known for her homemade thousand island dressing and potato salad. She loved vacationing with the kids when they were young, vacationing with friends, and vacationing with the grandkids. Ronnie and Connie’s great love for their kids and grandkids is seen in being affectionately called “Grandpa and Grandma Ronnie†by their grandkids and many of their grandkid’s friends to this day.
Connie was preceded in death by Ronnie. It is no surprise that Connie died less than 1 year after Ronnie. She loved Ronnie and life was not the same without him. Connie was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Marie Uhler, Ronnie’s parents, Earl and Irene Fauss. She is survived by her three children, Rick (Eileen Boyer) Fauss of Fremont, Cindy (Tom) Weitzenkamp of rural Uehling, Rayme (Kim) Fauss of Fremont, 6 grandchildren, Jon (Janelle) Weitzenkamp, Jenny (Chris) Estudillo, Amy (Justin) Cook, Lissy (John) Nicola, Ellen Janssen, Holly (Paul) Rasmussen, 18 great grandchildren, and 2 great great granddaughters. We thank God for our mom and grandma. She taught us a lot about life.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hooper Fire Department, or Hooper Senior Center.
Visitation will be Friday, September 11, 2026 with the family present from 4pm to 7pm at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hooper. The funeral will be 10:30am, Saturday also at Redeemer with burial to follow in the Hooper Cemetery.
Ludvigsen’s Hooper Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.
Online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com