Opal Irene (Bridges) FRYSLIE

FRYSLIE, BRIDGES, CARPENTER, ADAMS, BRUNER, LUND, RODRIGUEZ, SCHAFFER, JOHNSON, ALVERSON, HELM, CHRISTIANSEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/23/2017 at 21:02:11

March 26, 1920 --- August 8, 2005

Opal Fryslie, 85, of Webster City, formerly of Eagle Grove, died Monday, August 8, 2005, at the Hamilton Hospital. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 12, 2005, at the United Methodist Church in Eagle Grove with the Rev. Mary K. Green officiating. Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery.

Opal Irene Bridges was born March 26, 1920, at Dows, the daughter of Donald and Fern Carpenter Bridges. She graduated from Dows Public School in 1938. On October 20, 1941, she married Maurice Hal Fryslie at Bethany, Mo. The couple had lived in Fort Dodge, Eagle Grove for 20 years, and then returned to Fort Dodge in 1970. She had been employed at the Rotary Ann Care Center for two years and Friendship Haven for 14 years. Mr. Fryslie died on September 12, 1982. She moved to Webster City in 2000. She had moved to the Crestview Apartments two weeks before her death. She was a member of the Eagle Grove United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Royal Neighbors for 60 years, VFW Auxiliary, and Rebekah's Circle.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon and Steve Adams of Webster City; Saundra Bruner of Emmetsburg, Janice and Guy Lund of Scottsdale, Ariz.; Judith Rodriquez, of Carrolton, Texas; Diane Fryslie, of Fort Dodge; eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, sisters Vivian Schaffer, of Ventura, Donna Johnson, of Ellsworth, Helen Alverson, of Dows, a brother Russell Bridges, of Dows, and several nieces dnd nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sisters, Viola Bridges, Eva Helm, Corrine Christiansen, and her brothers Virgil and Eddie Bridges. The Foster Funeral Home of Webster City was in charge of the arrangements.

Eagle Grove Eagle -- Eagle Grove, Iowa
August 17, 2005