Her family moved to Grand Island when she was a child, where she attended school and graduated from high school. She then worked at a bakery for several years.
On April 10, 1948, she was united in marriage to Eugene McConaughey at Grand Island. They lived in Grand Island for a short time, moved to Pierre, South Dakota for 2 years, lived in the Lincoln area for 2 years, then moving to a farm southwest of Aurora where she lived for 42 years. The last few months have been spent in nursing homes in Aurora, due to failing health.
Opal was a member of Pleasant View Bible Church in Aurora, where teaching Bible School had been on of her activities. She had also been a teacher of Joy Clubs.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Gladys Krettinger, and 3 brothers, Warren, Clayton, and Lawrence Alexander.
Those who remain to cherish her memory are her husband, Eugene, 1 daughter, Maureen Dieckmann of Aurora, one son David McConaughy of Sioux City, Iowa, 3 sisters, Claudia Geist of North Platte, Amy Muth of Grand Island, and Mae Peterson of Lincoln, and 2 grandsons, Joshua and Jason Dieckmann of Aurora
Her family moved to Grand Island when she was a child, where she attended school and graduated from high school. She then worked at a bakery for several years.
On April 10, 1948, she was united in marriage to Eugene McConaughey at Grand Island. They lived in Grand Island for a short time, moved to Pierre, South Dakota for 2 years, lived in the Lincoln area for 2 years, then moving to a farm southwest of Aurora where she lived for 42 years. The last few months have been spent in nursing homes in Aurora, due to failing health.
Opal was a member of Pleasant View Bible Church in Aurora, where teaching Bible School had been on of her activities. She had also been a teacher of Joy Clubs.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Gladys Krettinger, and 3 brothers, Warren, Clayton, and Lawrence Alexander.
Those who remain to cherish her memory are her husband, Eugene, 1 daughter, Maureen Dieckmann of Aurora, one son David McConaughy of Sioux City, Iowa, 3 sisters, Claudia Geist of North Platte, Amy Muth of Grand Island, and Mae Peterson of Lincoln, and 2 grandsons, Joshua and Jason Dieckmann of Aurora
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