Conner was born in Denver, Colorado on September 5, 1935. She began bodybuilding because she felt she was too sedentary in her job doing data entry.[4] She entered her first bodybuilding competition (the Grand Masters in Las Vegas) on her 65th birthday, winning first place.[5][6] She was also a personal trainer.[2] She exercised at least three times a week and did not diet.[6]
She notably competed in the 2011 NPC Armbrust Pro Gym Warrior Classic Championships in Loveland, Colorado, at the age of 75 years and 349 days.[7]
Her husband of 57 years, Reuben, died in 2011. She had three sons, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.[8] Conner died on November 28, 2020, at the age of 85.[9]
