Robert L. Conners, Jr

East Palestine - October 10, 2006 - Robert L. "Bob" Conners, Jr., age 43, of 3078 Bacon Avenue, died at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in Aultman Hospital, Canton.

Bob was born April 25, 1963 in Beaver Falls, PA and had lived in East Palestine since 1990, coming from Beaver Falls.

He was the owner and operator of Bob's Exhaust & Brake Center in East Palestine since 1990. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, New Waterford, the Moose Lodge of East Palestine and IHRA Drag Racing.

He is survived by his wife, the former Jennifer L. Norton, whom he married November 6, 1993; two daughters, Chelsea Lynn Conners and Taylor Ann Conners, both of the home; a son, Robert L. "RC" Conners III of the home; his father, Robert L. Conners, Sr. of Beaver Falls, PA; his step parents, Chuck & Stephanie Mazzei of Ellwood City, PA; two sisters, Leslie Conners of Zelienople, PA and Christina Schultz of New Brighton, PA; and a brother, Damian Mazzei of Florida. Bob was devoted to his family and loved cars and racing. He will be missed by many.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday at the Van Dyke-Swaney Funeral Home, East Palestine, with Pastor Bill Bruehl officiating. Burial will follow in Glenview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2- 9 p.m. Friday with the family present from 6-9 p.m. Friday.

If friends desire, material tributes may take the form of a donation to the Conners Childrens Fund, with envelopes available at the funeral home.