Opal L. Warner, 85, 5140 N. Michigan Road, Plymouth, died of natural causes at 7:35 a.m. on Saturday, February 19, 2000, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home.
Opal, a resident of Plymouth since 1940, coming from Fulton, Ind., had lived in Mesa, Arizona from 1969 to 1993.
Educated in Fulton schools, Opal was born on April 21, 1915, in Fulton. She was the daughter of Jesse and Ruth Allen Vice.
On October 27, 1935, in Fulton, Opal and Irvin W. Warner were married. Irvin died on October 22, 1981.
Opal was a homemaker and assisted others as a domestic worker. For 10 years, until her retirement, she worked in housekeeping for the University of Arizona.
She was accomplished in all kinds of crafts and handiwork; crocheting was her specialty. She enjoyed making gifts for her family.
A past member of the E.U.B. church of Plymouth, she was a member of the New Philadelphia Church of La Paz.
Opal is survived by her son, Marvin E. Warner and Loretta J. and Richard Hundt, her daughter and son-in-law. All are from Plymouth.
Seven grandchildren also survive: three granddaughters, Mary Dean, Peggy Sue Johnson and Sharon Lynn Ream. Four grandsons: Richard Hundt, Jr., Robby Warner, Jason Hanna and Jared Warner, also survive.
Two brothers, Jesse Vice, Leiters Ford, and Wayne Vice, Arizona, and a sister, Mary Balmer, Plymouth, survive as well.
Opal was preceded in death by her parents, her spouse, an infant daughter, Frances Marydean Warner, Rickey Lee Hundt, a grandson and Wallace Vice, a brother.
Visitation will be on Monday, February 21, 2000, from 4 to 8 p.m., in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.
Funeral services, conducted by Mr. Neal Gorden, of the New Philadelphia Church of LaPaz, will be in the funeral home on Tuesday, February 22, 2000, at 11 a.m.
Burial will be in Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Memorial gifts in Opal’s memory may be made to the American Heart Association, Marshall County Chapter.