OPAL STORK, 79

Opal Stork, 79, of Blair died July 5, 1998 at Wichita, Kan.

Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. Burial will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8;30 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home, with the family receiving friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Opal Mylet Gottsch was born March 12, 1919 at Kennard to Arthur Gottsch Sr and Mary (Huber) Gottsch. She graduated from Kennard High School. On Sept. 28, 1940, she married Gilbert Stork in Bennington. They lived in rural Blair.

She moved to Blair in 1996 after the death of Mr. Stork in November of 1995.

She was a longtime employee of Western Electric and Control Data.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

She is survived by four sons, Gordon and Greg Stork of Omaha; Gary of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Gerald of Westminster, Colo.; two daughters, Vanessa Brown of Arlington and Angela hensen of El Dorado, Kan.; 12 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Rosemary Christopherson of Omaha and Betty Travis of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; five brothers, Arthur Gottsch Sr. of Mead; Pat, Bob Sr., Virgil and Lyle Gottsch, all of Elkhorn; one sister-in-law, Norma Jean Stork of Blair; and one brother-in-law, Wilfred Stork of Kingman, Ariz.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert, and her parents.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home in Blair is in charge of arrangements.

#2 Opal Stork

Blair—Opal Stork, 79, of Blair, died Sunday, July 5, 1998 at Wichita, Kan.

Opal Mylet Gottsch was born March 12, 1919, at Kennard. She graduated from Kennard High School. She married Gilbert Stork Sept. 28, 1920 at Bennington. The couple resided at rural Blair. He died in November of 1995. She moved to Blair in 1996. She was an employee of Western Electric and Control Data, both at Omaha.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair.

Survivors include four sons, Gordon Stork and Greg Stork, both of Omaha, Gary Stork of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Gerald Stork of Westminster, Colo.; two daughters, Vanessa Brown of Arlington, and Angela Henson of El Dorado, Kan.; two sisters, Rosemary Christopherson of Omaha, and Betty Travis of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; five brothers, Arthur Gottsch of Mead, Pat Gottsch,, Bob Gottsch, Sr., Virgil Gottsch, and Lyle Gottsch, all of Elkhorn; a sister-in-law, Norma Jean Stork of Blair; a brother-in-law, Wilfred Stork of Kingman, Ariz.; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. Michael Rogers will officiate. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, family receiving friends 7-8:30 p.m. at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home in Blair. Burial will be at Blair Cemetery.

#3 Funeral Leaflet

In Memory of Opal Mylet Stork

Born March 12, 1919 Kennard, Nebraska ~ Entered Into Rest July 5, 1998 Wichita, Kansas

Funeral Service 1 P.M. Wednesday, July 8, 1998 Trinity Lutheran Church Blair, Nebraska. Officiating: Rev. Michael Rogers. Organist: Patty Gammel. Vocalist: Dave Carlsen. Musical Selections: “Just A Closer Walk With Thee”, “Amazing Grace”, “The Lord’s Prayer”

Casketbearers: Trent Brown, Kevin Stork, Chad Stork, Kurt Stork, Beau Brown, David Stork, Brent Stork, Jeff Stork

Honorary Pallbearers: Kelly Brown Clennan, Cori Brown, Kimberly Stork DesRoche, Jessica Brown

Graveside Services: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska

Arrangements by Campbell-Aman Funeral Home

~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~

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