Submitted by: Dan Rich

Opal Marie Bishop

Nov. 22, 1907 - April 16, 2007

South Bend Tribune 4/19/2007
LAKEVILLE - Opal Marie Bishop, 99, of Lakeville, IN, passed away Monday, April 16, 2007. She was born November 22, 1907, in Twelve Mile, IN, to William and Gertrude Kesling.

She married Frank C. Bishop on October 17, 1925. He preceded her in death on August 13, 1977. Opal was a homemaker and a piano teacher in Lakeville. She was a member of Lakeville United Methodist Church where she served as church organist for over 30 years. She was also a member of Lakeville United Methodist Women and their Ernestine Circle. She was Past Worthy Matron and an active member of Eastern Star.

Survivors include her daughters, Wilma (John) Morris, Indianapolis, and Norma Rhodes, Merrillville. Other survivors include her sisters, Elizabeth Busteed and Mary Luke; grandchildren, Frank (Debbie) Morris, Amy (Terry Joyce) Morris, Betsy (John Lesch) Morris and Sally (Paul Bryan) Morris Bryan; great-grandchildren, Nathan and Andrew Morris, Amanda and Keenan Joyce, Allison and Caroline Lesch, and Anna and Samuel Bryan; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 20, 2007, in Lakeville United Methodist Church, 610 N. Michigan St., Lakeville, IN. Burial will follow at Southlawn Cemetery, South Bend. Friends may visit with the family from 4 to 8 p.m. today, April 19, 2007, in the Palmer Funeral Home, 314 S. Michigan St., Lakeville, IN, where an Eastern Star service will be held at 7:30 p.m., and from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Friday in the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lakeville United Methodist Church.