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Connie Loreese (Wash) Wohlfarth passed away on December 12, 2025 after a 12-year journey with Alzheimer’s disease. Loreese, as she was known by family and friends, was an only child born to Agatha Lynn (Watts) and Conroe Wash in Lockhart, Texas on September 14, 1938. She is preceded in death by her youngest daughter, Connie Lynn, both parents, and her husband Robert (Bobby) Wohlfarth. Loreese spent most of her childhood in San Antonio and graduated from Burbank High School. She met Bobby in the mid 50’s and were married after he left the Marines, in June of 1957, and settled on the southside of San Antonio, where they raised four children. Loreese is survived by her three children - Kelly Baker (Stephen), Brian (Stacey), and Gary (Jessica) from Park City, Utah. She has five granddaughters: Krystal Holmes (Matt) of San Antonio; Julia Wohlfarth from Austin; Connie Wohlfarth, T.J. Wohlfarth, and Kelli Wohlfarth from Park City, Utah. After graduating from high school, Loreese started working for an attorney in the Tower Life Building, where she spent a majority of her career as a legal secretary. She worked for several attorneys over the course of a few decades (mostly in the downtown area). In addition to work, she and Bobby spent many years watching and supporting their children through various sports, band, choir, cheerleading, motor crossing, skateboarding and car racing. After raising her children, she started painting and discovered her passion for the arts. She became a season ticket holder at The Majestic Theater (a love she shared with her oldest grand-daughter). She and her friends traveled all over San Antonio selling their curations at various art shows and markets. She was always painting on something - rocks, chairs, a canvas, wood, and finally gourds. Loreese loved adventure; she planned many trips for her family over the decades and wanted her loved one to “experience” life. She coordinated many road trips: California in the mid-70s with all four children (with many stops along the way); two trips to Lake Powell where the family spent a week on a houseboat; several ski trips to New Mexico followed by several family caravans to Utah after her youngest son moved there in the mid 80s to ski. She and Bobby had many friends but Loreese was especially known for her busy social life - she was in a Bunco club, she participated in several art classes and eventually art shows, plus she volunteered for political phone banks, all while working, traveling, and keeping up with her children and grand-kids. Loreese will be remembered as a loving, easy-going, fun-spirited mother and grand-mother. As an only child, Loreese coveted her friendships. She truly embraced life before succumbing to Alzheimer’s disease. She even made several friends while in memory care (in the earlier years of her journey) but once she lost the ability to speak, it was difficult for her to express herself because she was always the one talking and laughing. In the end, it was her smile that became the main form of communication. That will surely be missed.

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Connie L. Wohlfarth

September 14, 1938 - December 12, 2025