Dr. Constance Ann "Connie" Bivens Obituary (1938

Dr. Constance "Connie" Ann Bivens, age 85 of Madison, Indiana, entered this life on June 26, 1938 in Madison, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late Nelson and Virginia Cole Bivens. After graduating from Madison High School, she attended George Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University to become a certified educator. She earned her Bachelor's Degree from Vanderbilt in 1960, Master's in 1966 and Doctorate in 1982 from Nova Southeastern University. She taught at Lydia Middleton Elementary School in Madison for one year and spent the rest of her career in early childhood education with the Broward County School District in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at the Nova Schools teaching there for 33 years. At the Nova Schools, her favorite place to teach, she worked in research and development to explore and create new ideas and trials to improve kindergarten. She also enjoyed her affiliation with the Jefferson County Schools in Louisville, Fort Knox and Madison Consolidated Schools. She retired in 1992. Connie lived in Florida from 1960 to 2004 when she moved back to Madison. She was a member of First Christian Church in downtown Madison. Connie enjoyed reading and traveling with many of her destinations being the British Isles, Germany, Italy, Austria, Egypt and all the Scandinavian countries. Additionally, the International Society of Delta Kappa Gamma asked Connie to represent the whole society in a meeting in Melbourne, Australia with teachers from all over the world in attendance. Connie established the Virginia, Nelson and Constance Bivens Scholarship at Ivy Tech Community College to financially help students in need of tuition assistance. Constance died on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at 4:15 p.m. at the River Terrace Health Campus in downtown Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Constance will be missed by her loving friends and caregivers - Bonnie and Jerry Owens of Madison, Indiana; Jean and David Goebel of Madison, Indiana and Betty Melton of Madison, Indiana; her special friend, Bob Suggett of Madison, Indiana; and several cousins. She was preceded in death by her father, Nelson Bivens, died July 7, 2001 and her mother, Virginia Cole Bivens, died December 24, 1984. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. by the Rev. Stephanie Rolfe at the First Christian Church, 512 West Main Street in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Springdale Cemetery, 600 West Fifth Street Madison, Indiana VISITATION Friends may visit Wednesday, June 19, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service at the First Christian Church, 512 West Main Street in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children Research Hospital, First Christian Church or the Virginia, Nelson and Constance Bivens Scholarship. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com Place An Online Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Dr. Constance Ann "Connie" Bivens, please click here to visit our sympathy store.