McINTYRE, Opal (Bird) 1930-2019

MCINTYRE, BIRD, ROWE, RYDER, EDEN, LIBBEE, TURNER

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 10/28/2019 at 09:37:32

March 26, 1930 - October 25, 2019

Opal McIntyre, 89, of Waterloo, Iowa, died Friday, October 25, at La Porte City Specialty Care.

She was born March 26, 1930, in Sigourney the daughter of Grover and Emma Rowe Bird. She married Lloyd “Bud” McIntyre, Sr. June 6, 1948, in Sigourney. He died December 29, 1984.

Opal graduated from Sigourney High School. She was employed in housekeeping and personal care at Friendship Village for many years.

Survived by: a son, Lloyd (Janet) McIntyre, Jr. of Wayland; three daughters, Sharon (David) Turner of Fairbank, Janet (Stephen) Brustkern of La Porte City, and Rosie (Joseph) Engelkes of Cedar Falls; eight grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: her parents; three brothers, Archie Bird, Forest Bird, and Ward Bird; and three sisters, Ruby Ryder, Elva Eden, and Lillie Kibbee; and a grandson, Deon Turner.

Funeral Services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 30, at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway with interment in Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery. Public visitation will be from 4-7:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 29, and for one hour before services on Wednesday at the funeral home.

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service