Obituary for Margaret Sturm Conner
The Daily Times [Salisbury, Maryland], May 30 2005, P. 4, Col. 4, with photo

"OCEAN CITY - Margaret Sturm Conner, 91, died Saturday, May 28, 2005, at her home in Ocean City.
  Born in Ithaca, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Florence Wilke[sic] Sturm. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. William Conner, in 1996 and by her daughter, Joanne Gastl, in 1978.
  She is survived by her daughter, Lynne Conner Gillen and her husband, John P. "Jack" Gillen, of Bishopville. She is also survived by three granddaughters and their husbands, Jacqueline Eaton Ball and her husband, Kevin, Caryl Eaton Cardenas and her husband, Hugo, and Margaret Gillen Boyd and her husband, Gregory There are six great-grandchildren, Wes Bresnahan, Tan Bresnahan, Andrew Ball, Elyssia Cardenas, Spencer Cardenas and Emma Boyd. She is also survived by her nephews, Edmund and George Conner; and nieces, Lauren Conner Taylor, Jennifer Swain Clarke, Barbara Giffen Swain and Patricia Swain Dufendach; and several great nephews and nieces.
  Mrs. Conner was a 1935 graduate of Cornell University. She was a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship recipient at the University of Chicago, where she majored in economics. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She had been president of the American Association of University Women and was president of the Cornell Women's Club. She was a member of the Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association, Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Improvement Association, all of Ocean City. The Conner family has been active in the hospitality industry in Ocean City for more than a century, since 1886."