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Opal
Williams Opal
Williams, 72, of 3044 Highway 14 N. died of cancer Wednesday, Jan. 23, at her
home. Funeral
services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Pence Funeral Home in Newton with the
Rev. David Rex officiating. Burial will be at Silent City Cemetery in Monroe.
Friends may call after 8 a.m.
Saturday at the funeral home where family will be available from 9 to 10 a.m.
Memorials will be accepted in her name. The
daughter of Ivan Alloway and Erma McReynolds, she was born Aug. 11, 1929, in
Monroe. On Sept. 13, 1985, she married David Williams in Eldora. She was a
longtime member of the VFW Newton Post #1655 Ladies Auxiliary
and enjoyed bingo and watching her son's stock car races. She retired from the
Best Western
Newton Inn. Survivors
include her husband, three sons, Ivan, Keith and Gary Lester, all of Newton,
five step-sons, Duane Lester of Florida, Bob, Burle, David and Rick Williams,
four daughters, Rita Cooper, Bonnie Geerlings, Becky Webster and Rosalie Brammer,
all of Newton, 21 grandchildren, 31 great-grand-children and two sisters, lva
Swisher of Newton and Imogene Allison of Oskaloosa. She
was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, a grandson and a
great-grandson. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, January 25, 2002. |
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