Angela Juanita Stott was born October 23, 1919, daughter of Frank E. and Mary Ellen (Schenecker) Stott at Montpelier, ND  After graduating from the local school, she attended Dakota Business College in Fargo, ND from 1937-1938.  In 1939 she married Berton Colling of Jamestown but they divorced in 1940.  She married James Murray of Fargo the same year and they became the parents of three children; Mary Margaret (now Mrs. George Thomas of Perham, MN), Daren Anne (now Thompson) of Memphis, TN, and James Alan of Bismarck.  Mr. Murray did in 1949 and in 1952 she married James Arthur Connery of Gackle, a partner of his brother Norbert, as owners of Midway Service Station, Adrian, ND, which dissolved in 1954 leaving James and Angela the owners.

James was the son of Thomas Paul and Mary Alice (Ford) Connery, who came to Gackle from Oklahoma.  James and Angela had three children; Debra Kaye (now Lockwood), Kevin Michael, and Kimberley Francine.  Mr. Connery died in February, 1959.  Mrs. Connery and the children continued in the business until 1968.  In 1969 Mrs. Connery married Don Brennan, and moved to Fargo, where she worked for Western Products, Sunset Memorial, and for Silverline, Inc.  The Brennans were divorced in 1973, Mrs. Brennan then attended the Veteran's Upward Bound program for six months, later entering North Dakota State University with her Daughter, Debra. 
 

Angela Brennan Papers  |  Women