Connie Vielmas, 68, of Lake Park, died on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at her residence following a lengthy illness. Born in San Antonio, TX to the late Ralph & Ruth Ann Richardson, Connie grew up in Homestead, FL and graduated from South Dade High School in 1976. After she graduated from high school, she began working at Jefferson’s Department Store, and during this same time, she met Ricardo Vielmas, a young Airman in the USAF. That fall, Connie attended Baptist Bible School in Springfield, MO but during Christmas break, back in Florida, she and Ricardo began dating. They dated while he was in the military and she pursued her academic career, and the two were married on May 28, 1979, once Ricardo got out of the Air Force. The Vielmas family spent the next 20 years planting churches in Texas, Mexico and in Gainesville, GA. They moved to Valdosta in 2008 and continued their ministry. Connie taught Sunday School for 35 years and she also went on several mission trips to the Dominican Republic and to the Amazon in Peru. She was a member of Redland Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Ricardo Vielmas, of Lake Park, GA; her daughter, Cristina (& Kyle) Brooks of Hahira; her son, Jeremy Michael Vielmas of Peachtree Corners; two sisters, Linda (& Rick) Floyd of Cumming, and Brenda Richards of Ellijay, GA, her half sister, Lori Pringle of Utah; four grandsons, Ethan Brooks, Aiden Brooks, both of Hahira, Milo Vielmas, Leo Vielmas, both of Peachtree Corners. Also surviving are two sisters in law, Lucy Ortiz of Immokalee, FL, and Rosie Sathre of N. Hollywood, FL and her brother, Victor Vielmas of Lawton, OK. She is preceded in death by her daughter, Rachel Elizabeth Vielmas.

A memorial service will be held for Connie at 2 pm on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at Redland Baptist Church. Pastor Jay Watkins will officiate. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rachel’s House as a legacy for Connie’s daughter, at Rachels House. Carson McLane Funeral Home