Eli LaVerne Opstvedt Jr. (1931-2008)

OPSTVEDT, WIERSON, HILL, BOLTON, BLOUNT, MASON

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 9/30/2008 at 22:33:12

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, September 30, 2008.

Nov. 25, 1931-Sept. 27, 2008

Eli LaVerne Opstvedt Jr., 76, died on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, at his Nevada residence. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Chet Ryan Mortuary, 708 Fifth St., in Nevada, with Pastor David Burling officiating.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Chet Ryan Mortuary.

Eli was born Nov. 25, 1931, in rural Nevada, to Eli L. and Martha L. (Wierson) Opstvedt Sr. He was a graduate of McCallsburg High School. He married Carolyn "Sue" Hill June 10, 1956, in Roland. He was a truck driver. After he retired, he was employed at Burke Marketing in Nevada. He loved spending time with his grandchildren.

He is survived by one son, Brian (Sandy) Opstvedt, of Story City; two daughters, Mary (Adam) Bolton, of Clayton, N.C., and Martha (Jon) Blount, of Mesquite, Texas; 10 grandchildren; three step-grandsons; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Sue, on May 2, 2005; one sister, Lorene Mason; and an infant brother in 1928.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Memorial Lutheran Church, 701 11th St., in Nevada.

Chet Ryan Mortuary and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.

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