Opal Louise Bagwell Bordelon (Ouija, DeeDee) died on April 25, 2008. She was born April 4, 1929, in Calico Rock, Arkansas, the oldest child of Mary and Haywood Bagwell.
She moved to San Antonio with her parents as a toddler. She attended the Alamo Heights public schools but missed her 1946 high school graduation, which was cancelled because of a polio epidemic. She attended Baylor University and graduated from Incarnate Word University. She taught Texas History in the Northeast Independent School District for many years and retired in 1993.
Ouija was predeceased by her husband, Raymond F. Bordelon; her parents, Mary and Haywood Bagwell; and a sister, Mary Jane Fuller. She is survived by many loving family members: sons Raymond F. Bordelon, Jr., and wife Mary, David Bordelon and wife Shelby; daughter Elizabeth Lollar and husband Jerry; sister Linda Kennedy and husband John; grandchildren Shannon and Kyle Lollar; step-grandchildren Christine McLemore and Stephanie Wiater; nephews Charles Kerr, Michael Brown, and Harlan Kennedy; nieces Mary Howard and Elizabeth Zamorano; six great-nieces and nephews, and three great-great nieces and nephews.
She will be remembered for her generosity, giving spirit, dedication to family and love of life. Ouija possessed the gift of seeing joy in everyday events and making little miracles for everyone she touched. Her love knew no bounds.
She moved to San Antonio with her parents as a toddler. She attended the Alamo Heights public schools but missed her 1946 high school graduation, which was cancelled because of a polio epidemic. She attended Baylor University and graduated from Incarnate Word University. She taught Texas History in the Northeast Independent School District for many years and retired in 1993.
Ouija was predeceased by her husband, Raymond F. Bordelon; her parents, Mary and Haywood Bagwell; and a sister, Mary Jane Fuller. She is survived by many loving family members: sons Raymond F. Bordelon, Jr., and wife Mary, David Bordelon and wife Shelby; daughter Elizabeth Lollar and husband Jerry; sister Linda Kennedy and husband John; grandchildren Shannon and Kyle Lollar; step-grandchildren Christine McLemore and Stephanie Wiater; nephews Charles Kerr, Michael Brown, and Harlan Kennedy; nieces Mary Howard and Elizabeth Zamorano; six great-nieces and nephews, and three great-great nieces and nephews.
She will be remembered for her generosity, giving spirit, dedication to family and love of life. Ouija possessed the gift of seeing joy in everyday events and making little miracles for everyone she touched. Her love knew no bounds.
Opal Louise Bagwell Bordelon (Ouija, DeeDee) died on April 25, 2008. She was born April 4, 1929, in Calico Rock, Arkansas, the oldest child of Mary and Haywood Bagwell.
She moved to San Antonio with her parents as a toddler. She attended the Alamo Heights public schools but missed her 1946 high school graduation, which was cancelled because of a polio epidemic. She attended Baylor University and graduated from Incarnate Word University. She taught Texas History in the Northeast Independent School District for many years and retired in 1993.
Ouija was predeceased by her husband, Raymond F. Bordelon; her parents, Mary and Haywood Bagwell; and a sister, Mary Jane Fuller. She is survived by many loving family members: sons Raymond F. Bordelon, Jr., and wife Mary, David Bordelon and wife Shelby; daughter Elizabeth Lollar and husband Jerry; sister Linda Kennedy and husband John; grandchildren Shannon and Kyle Lollar; step-grandchildren Christine McLemore and Stephanie Wiater; nephews Charles Kerr, Michael Brown, and Harlan Kennedy; nieces Mary Howard and Elizabeth Zamorano; six great-nieces and nephews, and three great-great nieces and nephews.
She will be remembered for her generosity, giving spirit, dedication to family and love of life. Ouija possessed the gift of seeing joy in everyday events and making little miracles for everyone she touched. Her love knew no bounds.
She moved to San Antonio with her parents as a toddler. She attended the Alamo Heights public schools but missed her 1946 high school graduation, which was cancelled because of a polio epidemic. She attended Baylor University and graduated from Incarnate Word University. She taught Texas History in the Northeast Independent School District for many years and retired in 1993.
Ouija was predeceased by her husband, Raymond F. Bordelon; her parents, Mary and Haywood Bagwell; and a sister, Mary Jane Fuller. She is survived by many loving family members: sons Raymond F. Bordelon, Jr., and wife Mary, David Bordelon and wife Shelby; daughter Elizabeth Lollar and husband Jerry; sister Linda Kennedy and husband John; grandchildren Shannon and Kyle Lollar; step-grandchildren Christine McLemore and Stephanie Wiater; nephews Charles Kerr, Michael Brown, and Harlan Kennedy; nieces Mary Howard and Elizabeth Zamorano; six great-nieces and nephews, and three great-great nieces and nephews.
She will be remembered for her generosity, giving spirit, dedication to family and love of life. Ouija possessed the gift of seeing joy in everyday events and making little miracles for everyone she touched. Her love knew no bounds.
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