Patricia Connery Koko

Background

Koko, Patricia Connery was born on November 6, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Thomas Joseph and Ruth Evelyn (Bowers) Connery.

Education

Bachelor in History, Rosary College, 1964.

Career

With collections and home loan departments, Apollo Savings and Loan, Chicago, 1958-1964, 64-65; assistant to president, Executive Airlines, Chicago, 1965-1966; associate director St. Catherine-St. Lucy Parish, Parish Community Service, Oak Park, Illinois, 1974-1978; associate director, Home Companion Service, Oak Park, 1974-1978; executive director, Home Companion Service, Oak Park, since 1978.

Achievements

• Patricia Connery Koko has been listed as a noteworthy Social services administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Coord. Oak Park, River Forest (Illinois) Hunger Task Force/Food Pantry, since 1982. Secretary Oak Park, River Forest Community of Churches, 1982-1984. Vice president Oak Park, River Forest Community Welfare Council, 1982-1984.

Chairman Oak ParkTwp. Senior Citizens Committee, 1976-1978. Training consultant Metropolitan Chicago Coalition on Aging-Respite Care Task Force, Chicago, 1984-1988.

Liaison on aging Coun.for Community Superior vena cava syndrome, Oak Park, 1984-1986. Past president Senior Citizens Superior vena cava syndrome Coord. Council, Oak Park, 1979-1981.

Advising committee The Need Foundation of United Airlines, 1989. Fellow National Council on Aging, Mid-American Congress on Aging. Member American Assn.on Aging, Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce (Named Athena Business Woman ofthe Year 1990), Zonta (chairman membership committee 1987-1989, board directors 1983-1985, vice president 1987-1989, president 1989-1991).

Interests

• Avocations: needlepoint, cross stitch, Chinese cooking, swimming.

Connections

Married Paul G. Koko. 1child, Marie Helene.

Father:

Thomas Joseph Connery

Mother:

Ruth Evelyn (Bowers) Connery

Spouse:

Paul G. Koko