Connie (Pickens) Menna was born on August 3,
1955 in Monroe, Michigan. She was the second child
of Clyde and Beverly (Rhoades) Pickens.
She was a 1973 graduate of Jefferson High School in
Monroe. In 1983, she received bachelor's and
master's degrees in social work and education from
Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Connie worked for
Community Care Services and Big Brothers-Big Sisters
of Monroe County. She also taught school at Trenton
High School and Aquinas High School.
On November 29, 1980,
she married Joseph Menna and they had one daughter.
In 1990, Connie
died at the age of 35 in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The cause of death was
complications of lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. She
is buried at Michigan Memorial Park in Flat Rock,
Michigan.
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