Opal Mae (Sires) Britain 1915 - 2003

SIRES, BRITAIN, HAHN, WATTS, HALL, ROCKSVOLD, GRAHLMAN, POKORNY, ROGERS, MAY, EHDE

Posted By: Errin Wilker (email)
Date: 12/11/2006 at 11:15:13

Opal M. Britain, 88, Lincoln, Neb., for­merly of eastern Iowa, widow of Low­ell L. "Boots", died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003.

She was born in Dorchester, Iowa on April 15, 1915 to Roy and Lena (Hahn) Sires.

She was a member of the College View Seventh Day Adventist Church in Lincoln, Neb.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Lowell R. and Cleo Britain of Redding, Calif.; daughters, Norvene Watts of Diamond Bar, Calif. and Karla Britain of Lincoln, Neb.; grandchildren Teresa & Richard Hall of Corona, Calif. and Ted Watts of Diamond Bar, Calif.;
great-granddaughters, Kelsey and Katie Hall of Corona, Calif.; sisters, Goldie Rocksvold and Emerald Grahlman of Waukon, Ia., Betsy Pokorny of Havana, Ill.; brother and sister-in-law, Roy and Marce Sires of Prairie du Chien, Wis.; sisters-in-law, Sylvia Sires, of Waukon, Ia., Eleanor Sires of Wichita, Kan. and Shirley Rogers of Lin­coln, Neb; and sister-in-law and cousin, Lor­raine Britain of Waukon, Ia.

She was preceded in death by sisters, Sylvia May and Pearl Ehde, and brothers, James Sires and Sardius Sires.

A special thanks to her friend and caregiver, Wendy McCoy.

Private family services at were held at College View cemetery.

Source: Lincoln, Neb. Newspaper Clipping