Constance L. Braniff

Constance (Connie) Lorraine Braniff, October 31st 1935-July 12th 2019, born in Heimdal, North Dakota to Emil and Wilhelmina Arndt, the baby of 14 siblings.

At age three her family moved to Prescott, Michigan and later she attended Sterling high school. They were a musical family and get togethers were filled with guitars, pianos, accordions, and lots of polkas. She especially loved to sing with her brothers and sisters.

Connie married and moved to Flint Mi. where she raised her three children. She served time as a girl scout leader and also became an ace shooter in trap and skeet.

She was married to Chuck Braniff in 1978 and together they purchased a small family cabin in McKinley, Michigan. Their time was filled with happy moments going to the cabin, cross country skiing, deer hunting and trips down the AuSable river.

Together they also enjoyed playing cards, shuffle board and a good hamburger on the grill with a Willie Nelson CD playing in the background.

Connie is survived by her three children, Cassandra (John) Emery, Jean Ryan and Steve (Michelle) McCarthy, seven step children, Paula (Ben) Michalko, Kathleen Lorenz, Charles Braniff, Sally Jo Conley, Mary Kay (Tom) Sedgewick, Judith a.k.a. Shelley (Barry) Dawson, and Peter (Brigette) Braniff and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, who she all loved very much!

Connie is preceded in death by her late husband Chuck Braniff along with seven brothers snd sisters.

Visitation Sunday, July 14, 2019 at The Fairview Mennonite Church from 2:00 PM until the time of funeral service at 3:00 PM with Pastor David Price officiating. Interment at Great Lakes National Cemetery Holly, Michigan at a later date.

Memorials may be made to The Fairview Mennonite Relief Fund or St. Mary Shrine Restoration Fund.