Vergie Shrader Conner, age 80 of Stratford passed away on Friday, October 8, 2010 in Bridgeport Hospital. Vergie, a retired supervisor for Remington Products, was born in Montcalm, West Virginia to the late Henry and Lura (Martin) Shrader and was a long time area resident. She had a great talent and love for making crafts for family and friends. She truly enjoyed preparing her Southern meals and she will forever be remembered for her delicious "beans and cornbread" dinners. Survivors include her beloved children James Conner and his wife Mary-Anne of Shelton, Lois Bray Kaminski and her husband Frank, and Wanda Thomsen and her husband Jonny, all of Florida, 4 grandchildren Frank Kaminski, James Conner and his wife Carissa, Brett Conner, Amy Lee and her two children Sharmel and Melek King, her longtime loving companion Bernard Reilly, of Stratford and his children Trish Brown, Rose Jerzak, Sharon Northrop, Jim Reilly, Joan Fusco and Jacqueline Banzhof, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, a brother Lester Shrader of West Virginia, and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was pre-deceased by her husbands William Bray and Alfred Conner, 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Friends may greet her family on Tuesday, October 12th from 4-8 p.m. in the ADZIMA FUNERAL HOME, 50 Paradise Green Place, Stratford. Funeral services and interment will take place on Friday in Princeton, West Virginia. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations in Vergie's memory to the Dravet Syndrome Foundation, 11 Nancy Drive, Monroe, CT 06468 or to the Dan Orlovsky Foundation, c/o Jim Wood, 142 Longfellow Road, Shelton, CT 06484.