A Conversation with the Lagerstrom's Ed Spellacy
I had the pleasure of visiting with Lloyd and Connie Lagerstrom re-
cently, with the purpose of introducing them to our “Built on the Rock”
readers. My wife Olivia and I have known Lloyd and Connie for years through the “Mr. and Mrs. Club”, but as I gathered information about this talented couple, I realized that I could fill the entire next issue of the magazine with their many contributions of service to our SJV Parish. To put it simply- we are very fortunate to have Connie and Lloyd in our parish community for the last 39 years! Connie grew up in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, north of Green Bay, and Lloyd is from the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield. Lloyd attended St. Norbert College near Green Bay. He and Connie met on a blind date for a Sunday picnic with Lloyd’s fraternity on the shore of Lake Michigan near Connie’s home. Several years later, they “tied the knot” with a big wedding at Lloyd’s home parish of St. John Vianney in Brookfield. As the saying goes, the rest is history, and they are still connected to St. John Vianney! (Note: Lloyd’s St. Norbert College was the site of the “Green Bay Packers” summer training camp. To say that Lloyd is a “Packers” fan is the understatement of the year!) Lloyd received a commission in the US Air Force, and he and Connie were stationed first at Wurtsmith AFB in Michigan, where Lloyd served as a navigator in Strategic Air Command B-52’s. Lloyd’s USAF career took the family to several locations, including Beale AFB, Barksdale AFB in Louisiana, South Korea and, finally, Mather AFB, where he retired from the USAF. Lucky for us, they enjoyed the area, bought a house in Rancho Cordova, and joined St. John Vianney Parish in 1982. They have two daughters, Lissa and Luv, and four grandchildren ages fourteen through nineteen. They lost their son Leif Eric in a traffic accident in 2005.
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Before leaving Wisconsin for “Air
