Lasting Memories

Sheila Conners
Sept. 11, 1936-Oct. 3, 2025
Woodside, California

Sheila Conners of Woodside passed away peacefully on October 3, 2025, at the age of 89. Her husband of over 50 years, Richard “Dick” Conners, predeceased her in 2006. She is survived by her three sons, Michael, Matthew, and Terrence of New York, Washington, and Sunnyvale, respectively, a granddaughter, two grandsons, and a great grandson.

Born in Seattle, Washington on September 11, 1936, Sheila moved to San Francisco at age five. She and husband Dick were raised in the Sunset District of San Francisco and graduated from Lincoln High School where they were high school sweethearts. They married in 1955 and moved to Woodside in 1961, where Sheila lived for the next 63 years.

A beloved wife and mother, Sheila was a homemaker, Den mother, exercise aficionado, avid gardener, animal lover, and community advocate. Sheila enjoyed handicrafts, including crocheting and knitting sweaters and throws, and she was an excellent still life painter. An accomplished and health-conscious chef, she hosted delicious meals, complete with stews, soups, and homemade sourdough bread. A lifelong learner who was often taking classes at Cañada College, she liked to snuggle up to a fire with a good book.

Sheila’s abiding love of nature and animals was fostered by her work at a Marin County animal shelter when she was a teen. She owned dogs for much of her life. Sheila took great pride in her garden and especially its Redwood grove and enormous Heritage Oak, which won the Woodside Tree of the Year award in the 1990’s. She encouraged her children to explore the outdoors, and family vacations always centered around nature.

Over several years Sheila passionately advocated for the establishment of the Woodside Town Center Sewer Assessment District until it was finally adopted, bringing much needed relief to the town center. She was active in the annual Village Church rummage sale and worked as a teacher’s aide for several years at Woodside Elementary School.

With an ever-present smile and grateful heart, Sheila saw each day as a gift and often said, ‘I’ve been so fortunate in this life.’ With love we say goodbye.

Sheila’s final wishes were that we share this poem to soothe her family and friends after her passing:

When I come to the end of the road / And the sun has set for me / I want no rites in a gloom-filled room / Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little-but not too long / And not with your head bowed low / Remember the love that we once shared / Miss me-but let me go

For this is a journey that we all must take / And each must go alone / It’s all part of the Master plan / A step on the road to home

When you are lonely and sick of heart / Go to the friends we know / And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds / Miss me but let me go.