Opal I. Goering

GOERING, KELLER, KABISCH, BIXBY, LYLE, MILLER, MALCOLM

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 10/5/2010 at 15:36:16

Opal I. Goering, 89, of Saddlebrook Estates in Iowa City, died unexpectedly Monday, October 4, 2010 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Opal was born February 3, 1921 in Correctionville, Iowa, the daughter of August and Clara (Keller) Kabisch. Raised in Correctionville and moved to the Iowa City area in 1939. She was united in marriage to Harold Goering on December 27, 1945 at St. Patrick’s in Iowa City.

Opal worked for ACT in Iowa City, retiring from full-time status in 1977. She continued to work part-time at ACT until 2007. She was a longtime member of St. Patrick Catholic Church and a former member of St. Patrick’s Altar & Rosary and the VFW Auxillary.

Opal is survived by her children, Richard Goering (Margaret) of Iowa City, Karen Bixby of Iowa City and Shirley Lyle of Greenville, South Carolina; grandchildren, Brian, Bradley (Karen) and Jennifer; great-grandchildren, Grahm & Mason sisters, Kathryn Miller of Coralville and Virginia Malcolm (Alfred) of Kingsley, Iowa and brother Walter Kabisch (Virginia) of Moville, Iowa and a sister in law, Ruby Kabisch of Kingsley.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 2003, a brother Robert and a son in law, Virgil Bixby.