Connie Marie Tines

Connie Marie Tines

Aug. 20, 1956 - July 7, 2022

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Connie Marie Tines, 65, of North Platte, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha surrounded by her loving family.

She was born in Sutherland, Neb., the daughter of Wayne and Joyce (Scott) Hastings.

Connie graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1974 and attended Kearney State and University of Nebraska in Lincoln. She married the love of her life, Mick, on Feb. 16, 1980, in McCook, Neb., and together they were blessed with two daughters. She loved working as the billing office manager with pathology services in North Platte. Connie was an avid CU “Buffalo” fan and also enjoyed baking, cooking, and watching Rylee race motocross. She loved making everyone she met happy and was affectionately known by her grandchildren as “Nini.” She loved spending time with her grandkids and watching them play sports and activities.

Those left to cherish Connie’s memory are her husband of 42 years, Mick; daughters, Crista (Jason) Murrish of North Platte and Jamie Tines of North Platte; grandchildren, Rylee Murrish, Colton and Kyler Way; sisters, Cindy (Todd) Kinney of Fort Collins, Colo., and Tammy (Matt) Schwenk of Hayes Center, Neb.; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Gayle and Patricia Tines of Gretna; sister-in-law, Lisa (Greg) Hullinger of Gretna; special nieces and nephews, Jessica, Elizabeth, Alexis, Andie, Alex, Katie, Kasey, Kody, John, Michael, Andrew and Madison; great-niece and great-nephew, Ensley and Eisen; and her black lab, “Jig.”

She was preceded in death by her parents, Wayne and Joyce; and by brother-in-law, John Tines.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m., today, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at Carpenter Memorial Chapel in North Platte (casual wear is requested). A reception will follow the service in the Carpenter Memorial family room. The memorial guest book was available to sign on Monday, July 11th from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Carpenter Memorial Chapel, which has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Memorials are suggested to the Gift of Hope Cancer Foundation. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed to the family at www.carpentermemorial.com.