Pasco, Washington, juice grape grower Lonnie Conner, who devoted much of his life to industry and community affairs, died February 19 after a brief illness. He was 84. Conner, born in Kellogg, Idaho, served in the U.S. Army Infantry 94th Division from 1944 to 1946 and received a Bronze Star for his bravery. After graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in mechanical engineering, Conner and his wife Mary Doris moved to Pasco where they bought a farm that included a Concord grape vineyard. He retired from work at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in 1976 to farm full […]