Mrs. Elaine Gail Conger, 84 of Raleigh, peacefully passed away on April 2, 2023. She was born in Winslow, AZ on December 16, 1938, the daughter of the late Ted and Minnie Clark. She was a graduate of Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA. She was united in matrimony to Terry W. Conger in December of 1960, and this union was blessed with 3 children.

During her seventy years of teaching, she spent time with the University of Utah and the Christensen Academy. Ballet Oklahoma Dance School was home for several years and she taught with Ian Tau Dance School in Marin County for ten years.

"Miss Gail's" most recent teaching opportunities were as a substitute instructor at the Carolina Ballet School and ten years as faculty at Carolina Dance Center. Her ballet career started in California where she studied, danced, and taught with Valare Silvers Dance School in Long Beach. San Francisco Ballet was her primary student background and as an adult she did substitute teach at the school. She would identify herself as Christensen trained, having studied under all four Christensens.

Ms. Conger's life will be cherished in the lives of her loving husband, Terry Conger; children, Kelly Stevens of Marietta, GA, Karen Kelly of Antioch, CA, and Michael Conger of Raleigh; eleven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The Visitation will take place from 10:00 am to 11:00am and the Funeral Service will be held at 12:00 pm on April 12, 2023, at Raleigh First Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, located at 5060 Six Forks Rd, Raleigh, NC 27609.

If you prefer to make a charitable donation in lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Carolina Ballet in memory of Elaine Gail Conger