Connie Springsted, 72, Minot died on Friday, January 10, 2014 in a Minot hospital.

Connie Yvette Provolt was born on August 14, 1941 in New Leipzig, ND to Victor and Carrie (Brekke) Provolt. She was reared and educated in New Leipzig, graduated from New Leipzig High School in 1959 and from North Dakota State University in 1963 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics.

As a young adult she was employed at the NDSU Extension Center in Richland County for two years. Connie married Jay Springsted on June 23, 1964. To this union a daughter, Vanessa, was born. They have lived in Europe, Kansas and North Dakota prior to moving to Minot in 1973. While residing in Minot she was employed at the YWCA, teaching adult classes in food and nutrition. More recently, she was employed part-time for twenty-two years at the First District Health Unit as a nutritionist for the W.I.C. program and from 1982 until her retirement as a nutritionist for the Minot Commission on Aging.

Connie was a member of the Trinity Evangelical Free Church, North Dakota Association for the Blind, V.F.W. Auxiliary, Plum Valley Lions, NW Home Economics Association, Minot Christians Womens Club and North Dakota Nutrition Council. She especially enjoyed enthusiastically supporting her granddaughters in their activities, crocheting, and a good cup of tea. Her woo-hoos and half-hummed hymns will forever keep her with us.

Connie's loving family includes her husband: Jay; daughter: Vanessa (Gaylyn) Dahl of Sawyer, grandchildren: Brooke and Jordan Dahl; sisters: Vicki Siewert of Rice, MN and Kay Provolt of Elgin, ND and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Connie was preceded in death by her parents and grandparents.

Celebration of the Life of Connie Springsted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Trinity Church (formerly Trinity Evangelical Free Church) -Minot.
Interment will be in Rosehill Memorial Park - Minot.
Visitation: Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. in Thomas Family Funeral Home - Minot.
Memorials are preferred to the Trinity Church, ND Association for the Blind - Minot Chapter or New Leipzig Ambulance Service.