In Memory Of MABEL OPPERMAN

Born September 26, 1896 Manning, Iowa
Entered Into Rest May 18, 1981 Manning Plaza Manning, Iowa
Age 84 years, 7 months, 22 days
Services Thursday, May 21, 1981, 2:00 PM Ohde Funeral Home Manning, Iowa
Officiating Reverend Carl Sinning
Organist Bonita Hagedorn
Vocalist Judy Joens
Interment Manning Cemetery
Casketbearers: Douglas Opperman, John Opperman, David Opperman, James Opperman, Robert Opperman, Donald Opperman, Thomas Opperman

The family wishes to express their gratitude for your kindness evidenced in thought, word, and deed, and invite you to join them for fellowship and lunch at the American Legion Hall following the committal services.

MRS. MABEL OPPERMAN
Mrs. Mabel Opperman, 84, of Manning, died Monday, May 18, 1981, at the Manning Plaza Nursing Home here.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning with the Rev. Carl Sinning, retired pastor of First Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.

Bonita Hagedorn will be organist and Judy Joens soloist for the final rites. Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons John, James, Donald, Douglas, David, Robert, and Thomas Opperman.

Surviving are three sons: George, Ivan and William Opperman, all of Manning; a daughter Mrs. Dee (Jane) Kimberly, Boca Raton, Florida; 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Mrs. Opperman was preceded in death by her parents, husband and three brothers: Albert Dietz and two others in their youth.

She was born September 26, 1896, at Manning, a daughter of George and Agnes (Arp) Dietz. She attended school to the 10th grade and was married to Emil John Opperman December 23, 1919. After their marriage they lived on the Dietz farm north of Manning, farming until their retirement in 1951 when they moved to Manning. Since the death of her husband in 1977 she had been a resident of the Manning Plaza Nursing Home.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian church, was past president of Emil Ewoldt Post No. 22, American Legion Auxiliary, past president of the Homemakers club and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. For several years she served as leader of the Manning Cadets 4-H club.