Robert Franklin Connor

January 30, 1938 - December 10, 2021

Robert Franklin Connor, 83, of Sherrills Ford, NC, passed away doing what he loved to do, playing golf, on Friday, December 10, 2021. He was born on January 30, 1938 in Brooklyn NY, to the late Thomas and Gladys Buire Connor. Mr. Connor attended St. Therese Catholic Church in Mooresville. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Patricia Ricciardi; and grandson, Christopher Ignacz. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Jeanne Backus Connor; children, Donna Ignacz and husband, Michael, Colleen Connor, Robert Connor and wife, Jennifer, Kevin Connor and wife, Emaline; brother, Thomas Connor; and grandchildren, Amanda and John Ignacz, Katie, Bobby, and Sammie Connor. The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 16 from 6:00-8:00 PM with a prayer service at 7:00 PM at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday at St. Therese Catholic Church with Rev. Mark Lawlor officiating. Burial will follow the service at St. James Catholic Church Cemetery in Concord. Details for LIVE access are below: Livestream start time: 10:57am Livestream end time: 12:20pm The broadcast can be accessed LIVE from this page on our website: https://www.sainttherese.net/mass-livestream Viewers should scroll down the page and click the arrow in the center of the StreamSpot viewer to start watching the stream (It will say "Live" in the upper left corner beginning at 10:57am). To access the broadcast after the funeral: The broadcast can also be watched from the Mass Livestream page on our website for 1 week after the funeral has ended. Viewers will need to click in the StreamSpot viewer, then click the option for "Previous Broadcasts." From there, use the arrows to scroll through the broadcasts to get to the funeral and then click the picture to play the broadcast. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in memory of his late grandson, Christopher Ignacz, to Lehigh Valley Muscular Dystrophy Association, 2132 South 12th Street, Suite 101, Allentown, PA 18103. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home & Crematory, Mooresville, is serving the Connor family. Condolences may be made to the family at www.cavin-cook.com.