Connie C. Carpenter, 50, of Waterloo, Iowa, died of breast cancer on Friday, April 11, 2014, in Grundy Center, Iowa.

Connie Colleen Carpenter was born May 5, 1963, in Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of Richard R. and Shirley L. Slifer Carpenter.

She grew up in Waterloo and attended schools there.

Connie worked at MidAmerican Energy for 15 years. She was an outdoor person and loved fishing especially trout fishing, mushroom hunting, camping, canoeing, and swimming with her granddaughters.

She is survived by her daughter Danelle (Leroy) Kapping, son Justin (girlfriend Melody) Carpenter, her soul mate Scott Mingus, all of Waterloo; three granddaughters: Alivia Weidemann, Morgan and McKenzie Kapping, and a granddaughter (Justin’s daughter) due in August; her father of Grundy Center; brother David Carpenter of Waterloo; and her beloved cats: Pit Pat, Clyde and Mini.

Connie was preceded in death by her mother, sister Janelle Smothers, brother Jay Carpenter, sister-in-law Kathy Carpenter, and her cat Minx.