Constance "Connie" Margaret Achterberg was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on December 28, 1929, to Leonard and Alberta (Platner) Achterberg. She died peacefully May 11, 2017, at the home of her devoted friends, Ron and Carol Klataske in Manhattan, Kansas. She was known by friends and family as Connie.
She was the founding attorney of the law firm of Achterberg, Angell & Craft, LLC, Salina, Kansas and obtained her LLB law degree from Kansas University in 1953. Connie married the love of her life in 1972, attorney C.L. Clark, of Clark, Mize and Linville, Chartered. He died in 2004. She joked that they met in the courtroom but settled out of court!
Connie is survived by her stepdaughter, Diana Clark Hartmetz, step daughter-in-law, Marti Clark, seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, a number of beloved cousins; and her professional family, including her legal assistant of 41 years, Sue Fuller.
Connie cherished birds and other wildlife and loved streams, prairies and woodlands from the time of her childhood along Bullfoot Creek southwest of Lincoln. Connie donated the 240-acre family farm in Lincoln County to Audubon of Kansas to establish the Connie Achterberg Wildlife Friendly Demonstration Farm.
She was the founding attorney of the law firm of Achterberg, Angell & Craft, LLC, Salina, Kansas and obtained her LLB law degree from Kansas University in 1953. Connie married the love of her life in 1972, attorney C.L. Clark, of Clark, Mize and Linville, Chartered. He died in 2004. She joked that they met in the courtroom but settled out of court!
Connie is survived by her stepdaughter, Diana Clark Hartmetz, step daughter-in-law, Marti Clark, seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, a number of beloved cousins; and her professional family, including her legal assistant of 41 years, Sue Fuller.
Connie cherished birds and other wildlife and loved streams, prairies and woodlands from the time of her childhood along Bullfoot Creek southwest of Lincoln. Connie donated the 240-acre family farm in Lincoln County to Audubon of Kansas to establish the Connie Achterberg Wildlife Friendly Demonstration Farm.
Constance "Connie" Margaret Achterberg was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on December 28, 1929, to Leonard and Alberta (Platner) Achterberg. She died peacefully May 11, 2017, at the home of her devoted friends, Ron and Carol Klataske in Manhattan, Kansas. She was known by friends and family as Connie.
She was the founding attorney of the law firm of Achterberg, Angell & Craft, LLC, Salina, Kansas and obtained her LLB law degree from Kansas University in 1953. Connie married the love of her life in 1972, attorney C.L. Clark, of Clark, Mize and Linville, Chartered. He died in 2004. She joked that they met in the courtroom but settled out of court!
Connie is survived by her stepdaughter, Diana Clark Hartmetz, step daughter-in-law, Marti Clark, seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, a number of beloved cousins; and her professional family, including her legal assistant of 41 years, Sue Fuller.
Connie cherished birds and other wildlife and loved streams, prairies and woodlands from the time of her childhood along Bullfoot Creek southwest of Lincoln. Connie donated the 240-acre family farm in Lincoln County to Audubon of Kansas to establish the Connie Achterberg Wildlife Friendly Demonstration Farm.
She was the founding attorney of the law firm of Achterberg, Angell & Craft, LLC, Salina, Kansas and obtained her LLB law degree from Kansas University in 1953. Connie married the love of her life in 1972, attorney C.L. Clark, of Clark, Mize and Linville, Chartered. He died in 2004. She joked that they met in the courtroom but settled out of court!
Connie is survived by her stepdaughter, Diana Clark Hartmetz, step daughter-in-law, Marti Clark, seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, a number of beloved cousins; and her professional family, including her legal assistant of 41 years, Sue Fuller.
Connie cherished birds and other wildlife and loved streams, prairies and woodlands from the time of her childhood along Bullfoot Creek southwest of Lincoln. Connie donated the 240-acre family farm in Lincoln County to Audubon of Kansas to establish the Connie Achterberg Wildlife Friendly Demonstration Farm.
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