News about Connie Sekaros
- Nancy McArtor
- Nov 30, 2023
- 2 min read
8/3/23. On reading Connie’s obituary, several class members had similar reactions. Colleen McLean Calver observed that Connie had “a very accomplished life” and Kate Brown called it “a life well lived”. Your own thoughts might echo those of Pamela Purdy Stephens when she said of Connie, “Her life is so inspiring!”
Connie distinguished herself both as a student, with three Master’s degrees (from Penn, Temple, and Rutger’s), and as a teacher. For 22 years, she taught humanities and literature at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. In a career change, she later taught ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) and taught language learners in the School District of Philadelphia, helping young immigrant students learn English and other academic subjects. She also taught reading and writing courses at Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) for many years and, as a devotee of Jungian psychology, lectured at the local Jung Center. She was very proud of her Greek heritage and became a fluent speaker and reader of both ancient and modern Greek.
Connie loved music and played flute in both the Slauson and AAHS bands. Barbara DeHart Eadie called her “a terrific piccolo player”.
Connie’s outgoing personality and made her great company. Kate said, “I have fond memories of her warmth and good cheer” and Barbara Angell Gilson remembers Connie’s hearty laugh. Barb Kendall Souza knew Connie and her cousin, our classmate Pam Sekaros, from the time they were in elementary school, as did Marianne Mayer Behler, who remembers them all playing together at Allmendinger Park.
It’s always hard to hear about a keen intellect being silenced by dementia. Her husband, Joe, wrote Connie’s obituary and described how, in true Connie fashion, she learned all that she could about Alzhheimer’s disease after getting a diagnosis in 2020.
You can view Connie's obituary here.
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