Born to Roy Delbert Smith and Garnet C. Harris Smith, Opel married Leland Frank Garrard on Aug. 23, 1940, in Crystal Lake. He died in 1994.
She also was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.
Surviving are one daughter, Barbara Garrard; two sons, Stephen and Jeffery; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Frances Rouse; and four brothers, Don Smith, Gene Smith, Leo Smith and Bob Smith.
She helped build bombers at the Willow Run assembly plant near Detroit during World War II. She worked in the jewelry departments of several department stores, including Saks Fifth Avenue, retiring in the early 1980s.
Cremation was accorded.
May 20, 2005 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
She also was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.
Surviving are one daughter, Barbara Garrard; two sons, Stephen and Jeffery; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Frances Rouse; and four brothers, Don Smith, Gene Smith, Leo Smith and Bob Smith.
She helped build bombers at the Willow Run assembly plant near Detroit during World War II. She worked in the jewelry departments of several department stores, including Saks Fifth Avenue, retiring in the early 1980s.
Cremation was accorded.
May 20, 2005 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
Born to Roy Delbert Smith and Garnet C. Harris Smith, Opel married Leland Frank Garrard on Aug. 23, 1940, in Crystal Lake. He died in 1994.
She also was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.
Surviving are one daughter, Barbara Garrard; two sons, Stephen and Jeffery; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Frances Rouse; and four brothers, Don Smith, Gene Smith, Leo Smith and Bob Smith.
She helped build bombers at the Willow Run assembly plant near Detroit during World War II. She worked in the jewelry departments of several department stores, including Saks Fifth Avenue, retiring in the early 1980s.
Cremation was accorded.
May 20, 2005 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
She also was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.
Surviving are one daughter, Barbara Garrard; two sons, Stephen and Jeffery; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Frances Rouse; and four brothers, Don Smith, Gene Smith, Leo Smith and Bob Smith.
She helped build bombers at the Willow Run assembly plant near Detroit during World War II. She worked in the jewelry departments of several department stores, including Saks Fifth Avenue, retiring in the early 1980s.
Cremation was accorded.
May 20, 2005 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
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