Connie E. Rod

Connie E. Rod, 37,

Minot, formerly of Louisi-

ana died Tuesday, May

26, 2020 at a Minot hospi-

tal.

Connie was born Sep-

tember 22, 1982 in Alex-

andria, LA the daughter of

Stephanie (Stevick) El-

lington and Samuel Ju-

vrud and her adoptive fa-

ther, Paul Ellington. She

was raised and educated

in Louisiana. She contin-

ued her studies at Park,

Norwich, and Southern

Methodist Universities

earning her Masters De-

gree in Public Adminis-

tration and a Masters in

Science of Counseling.

Connie devoted her life

to helping others in any

way she could, this is

seen in the most honor-

able of jobs she has held,

such as a LMFT-A, LCDC

at New Horizons Center

for healing, Substance

Abuse Counselor at Com-

munity Medical Services

and Jobs Corp and her

current job at the Dakota

Boys and Girls Ranch at

Burlington.

Connie enjoyed her

hobbies of crocheting,

camping, fishing, crab-

bing, hiking, biking, rid-

ing motorcycles, anything

outdoors, spending time

with family, especially on

game night.

Connie was a great

friend and co-worker, best

friend, awesome Mother

and an amazing Wife, so

loving and caring, these

words can never do her

justice. She touched the

lives of so many people in

so many ways. Connie

will be missed and

remembered, always.

Connie was united in

marriage to Erik Rod at

Minot on February 27,

2019.

Connie is survived by

her four daughters; Faith,

Bridget, Erika and Hailey,

her husband, Erik, broth-

er; Paul, sister; Cynthia,

half brother, Allen and

half sister; Lisa.

A Private Memorial

Service by family invita-

tion will be held at a later

date in Minot.

Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot was entrust-ed with her care.

Memories and con-

dolences can be shared at

www.thomasfamilyfunera

lhome.com