John "Art" Connor was born on June 4, 1963, in

Kansas City, MO to Steve and Dorothy Connor, who

preceded him in death. His parents brought him and

his sisters to Oklahoma at a young age to Oklahoma

City, then on to Piedmont, OK where he attended

Junior and Senior High School. After High School, Art

attended college while working for AT&T before

moving with AT&T back to Kansas City. He retired

from AT&T in 1995, and moved back to OKC in 2013.

Art was a founding member of "Act Up "in 1989, and

instrumental in the establishment of the Human

Rights Ordinance Project, that became the Human

Rights Project. Although the passion in the

community's hearts for legal rights was urgent, the

ordinance was not passed until June 3, 1993. Art was

there among the 100+ observers, just as he was

there throughout the process.

Art is survived by sisters Chrissy Chitwood, of

Chesterfield MO and Karen Peterson and brother-in

law Brian of Oklahoma City, OK, nephew Cody

McKedy with his wife Cara McKedy.

A celebration of Art's life will be

held on September 29, 2019, at 2:00pm in the East

Room of the canopy, at the OKC Zoo.