Opal F. (Womack) POLEN

OLEN, WILDEN, WOMACK

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/21/2012 at 15:39:49

May 3, 1924 --- May 23, 2000

Opal F. Polen, 76, of Montezuma, formerly of Fort Dodge, died May 23, 2000 at Montezuma Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Services were May 26 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge with the Rev. Lyle Hanson officiating. Burial was in North Lawn Cemetery in Fort Dodge.

Opal Womack was born May 3, 1924 in Elma. She attended schools at Riceville and McIntire and graduated from McIntire High School. On March 27, 1942, she married Harry (Kenny) Polen in Riceville. The couple moved around the United States as Mr. Polen served in the military. Mrs. Polen was a child care provider for many years. The couple returned to Riceville where they lived until moving to Goldfield. They then moved to Fort Dodge where they lived for 28 years. She was employed at Sears, Sunset Trailer Court and Village Green Trailer Court. In 1985, the couple moved to Montezuma where Mrs. Womack worked for the Montezuma Marina prior to becoming ill.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Pearl and Olive Mary (Wilden) Womack, five sisters and four brothers. She is survived by her husband, Harry K. (Kenny) Polen of Montezuma; a brother, James Womack of Riceville; a sister, Gladys of Charles City and several nieces and nephews.

Montezuma Republican - Montezuma, Iowa
May 31, 2000