Conzella T. Womack

A Life Beautifully Lived: Celebrating Conzella T. Womack

Some people leave footprints. Others leave gardens. The life of Conzella T. Womack was a beautiful garden; one cultivated with love, faith, sacrifice, laughter, and unwavering devotion to family. On July 5, 2026, she peacefully entered eternal rest at the age of 98, leaving behind a legacy that will continue to bloom for generations.

Born on January 1, 1928, in Montgomery, Alabama, Conzella moved to Chicago at a young age and afterwards went on to build a fulfilling career at Briggs and Stratton in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she retired after 23 years. She learned early the values of hard work, perseverance, and compassion. Those values became the foundation upon which she built her life. Whether she was raising a family, working to provide, or offering encouragement to someone in need, she did everything with quiet strength and remarkable grace. To know Conzella was to know unconditional love. She had a gift for making people feel welcome. Her home was more than a house; it was a place of comfort, laughter, wisdom, and countless cherished memories. She gave her heart generously without expecting anything in return.

She believed that life’s greatest riches were never measured in possessions but in people. She celebrated milestones, comforted broken hearts, prayed through difficult seasons, and never missed an opportunity to remind those she loved just how much they mattered and to always keep God first.

She found joy in jazz music, sports, fashion and reading. Her wisdom could calm anxious hearts, and her sense of humor reminded everyone not to take life too seriously.

Her faith in God carried her through every season of life. It shaped her character, strengthened her during life’s storms, and gave her peace that inspired those around her. Even in difficult moments, she remained steadfast, trusting that every chapter was part of God’s greater story.

She was preceded in death by her parents Leonard and Fannie Smith and siblings Leonard Smith, Robert Smith, Janie Franklin and Hazel Luckerson.

She leaves behind a family who will forever cherish her memory, including her children Consuella Newton, Victor Newton, Broderick Womack and Chanda Womack and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren and a circle of relatives and lifelong friends who were blessed to call her family.

Although our hearts ache with her absence, we rejoice knowing that love does not end when life does. It lives on in every lesson she taught, every tradition she created, every prayer she whispered, every embrace she gave, and every life she touched. Her story is not defined by the day she was born or the day she departed this earth. It is written in the countless lives she changed through kindness, generosity, resilience, and unconditional love.

As we celebrate her remarkable life, we remember not only the years she lived, but the extraordinary way she lived them. Until we meet again, we will carry your love in our hearts, your wisdom in our decisions, and your spirit in our lives.

You were deeply loved.

You will be profoundly missed.

You will never be forgotten.

Psalm 23:
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

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