SAGE, Opal Laverne 1910-2011

SAGE, GASSER, BLANE, WOODYARD

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/23/2011 at 17:57:14

[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, March 1, 2011]

CEDAR FALLS - Opal Laverne Sage, 100, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, Feb. 28, at Western Home Communities.

She was born Dec. 14, 1910, in Bedford, daughter of Paul and Ida Gasser Blane. She married Evan V. Sage on May 29, 1938, in Fredricksburg. He died Dec. 20, 1986.

She was a 70-year member of Mount Hope United Methodist Church, a Sunday school teacher and 4-H leader. She taught elementary school in West Bend and Dysart for 10 years.

Survived by two sons, Steve (Phyllis) of Waterloo and David (Diane) of Waverly; a daughter, Helen Woodyard of Waterloo; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter.

Preceded in death by a daughter, Diane; two brothers, Cecil and Harold Blane; and a son-in-law, Rick Woodyard.

Family directed memorial Services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Western Home Community Chapel. Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball, Waterloo, is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be directed to Mount Hope Church Memorial Fund or Western Home Community.

[NOTE: SS lists her name as:
SAGE, LAVERNE O
14 Dec 1910 - 28 Feb 2011 age 100 (Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, IA)]