Opal Marie (HILLEBRAN) WEBB
HILLEBRAN, WEBB, FENDER, CLEM, MURPHY
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 6/12/2011 at 18:42:08
OBITUARY ~ OPAL MARIE (HILLEBRAN) WEBB
February 23, 1923 ~ June 8, 2011Opal Marie WEBB, of Loveland, Colorado, formerly of Mount Ayr, Iowa, passed away June 8, 2011 in Loveland Colorado.
Opal was born to Joshua and Merzetta (FENDER) HILLEBRAN in Sharpsburg Iowa on February 23, 1923. She grew up in the Beaconsfield/Tingley Iowa vicinity and graduated from Tingley High School in 1940. After high school she took a position with the U.S. Postal Service until World War II broke out, at which time she went to work for the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply.
On May 17, 1946 she was united in marriage to Harold Richard WEBB and raised their children – Diana and Phillip – in Mount Ayr.
She worked for over 25 years as the Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools for the Mount Ayr Community School System.
She was a loyal member of the Mount Ayr United Methodist Church and served her church in several capacities over the years until her move to Colorado.
Preceding her in death were her parents, an infant brother Ivan; her husband of 42 years, Harold; and son-in-law Joe CLEM.
Those who remain to cherish her memory are her daughter, Diana CLEM of Loveland, Colorado; her son, Phillip WEBB and wife, Tamela, of Omaha, Nebraska, her sisters Marjorie WERNER of Tingley and Pauline MURPHY of Mount Ayr, four grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, five step-great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral Services were held on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 10:30 AM from the United Methodist Church, 301 West Madison St., Mount Ayr, IA. Interment was made at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, IA 50854
Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2011
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