Submitted by: Dan Rich

Opal W. Thompson

Aug. 18, 1914 - Jan. 28, 1994

South Bend Tribune 1/29/1994

MISHAWAKA - Opal W. Thompson, 79, of East Omer Street, died at 9 a.m. Friday in Countryside Place. Mrs. Thompson was born Aug. 18, 1914, in LaPaz, and was a lifelong area resident.

On Oct. 5, 1946, in South Bend, as Opal W. Redman, she married Robert H. Thompson Sr. He survives, with three daughters, Mary Jane Kretchmer of Mishawaka, Bobbie June Cummins of Kewanna, and Carol Moore of Milford; a son, Robert H. Jr. of Greensboro, S.C.; 19 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Beatrice Marshall of Martin, Mich.; and a brother, Joseph Redman of South Bend. Two daughters, Betty Lou Weaver and June K. Thompson, preceded her in death. She was a member of First Church of God.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Chapel Hill Funeral Home, Osceola. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, 70 East Lake St., Chicago, Ill. 60601