Opal Pape

Opal Ruth (Hundahl) Pape was born December 20, 1920, to Lawrence & Katrina (Larsen) Hundahl near Little Sioux, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from Blencoe High School. Opal married Chester Pape December 31, 1938, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The couple farmed near Ute, Woodbine, Pisgah, and Moorhead. Opal worked as a Tupperware dealer and at the McCue's Feed and Garden Center. She also provided child care for her great grand-children as well as other children. She owned and operated the C & O Caf� in Pisgah until Chet's health started failing. Opal was a leader in 4-H. She also helped with the Moorhead and Pisgah Headstart.

Opal was a member of Bethesda Lutheran Church in Moorhead. She was also a member of the Pisgah Saddle Club. She enjoyed gardening, playing cards, dancing, listening to country music. She loved babysitting, the holidays, and traveling with her family.

Opal died Wednesday, August 22, 2007, at Burgess Health Center in Onawa, Iowa at the age of 86 years, eight months, and two days.

Opal was preceded in death by her parents; husband Chester Pape; son, Terry; two sisters, Ellen Hundahl and Esther Vanness; and brother Emil Hundahl. She is survived by four daughters, Judy Kuhlman and her husband, Norman of Moorhead, Iowa; Nancy McCue and her husband, Gary of Arlington, Texas; Dixie Hagemann of Denison, Iowa; and Peggy Bothwell and her husband, Tom of Moorhead, Iowa; 17 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; 2+ great-great grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, Vi (Hundahl) Cook of Iowa Falls, Iowa, Leila Pape of Pisgah, Iowa, Letha Huff of Pisgah, Iowa; brother-in-law, Glen Pape of Dunlap, Iowa; and many other relatives and many friends.

Funeral Services
Bethesda Lutheran Church
Moorhead, Iowa
Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 10:30 am

Clergy
Rev. Carla Johnsen
Evangelist John Lizer

Musicians
Janice Smith
Sam Johnson ~ "The Old Rugged Cross"
"On Eagle's Wings"
Kylie Bothwell ~ "Wind Beneath My Wings"
"The Rose"

Pall Bearers
Todd Pratt, Ryan Brown
Duane Renz. Sr., Dennis Smith
Ron Armstrong, Dennis Marcum
Rick Gebeke, Duane Renz, Jr.

Honorary Pall Bearers
Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren
Great-Great Grandchildren

Final Resting Place
Spring Valley Cemetery
Moorhead, Iowa