Page County IA Archives Obituaries.....Opitz, Paul Henry 1960
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Paul Henry Opitz
Founder of Opitz Motor Company

March 19, 1897 - November 1, 1960

Funeral services will be held at the Westminster United Presbyterian Church,
Tuesday at 2 P.M. for Paul Henry Opitz, 63, who died of a heart attack at the
Municipal Hospital on Saturday, November 1, 1960. Mr. Opitz had been
hospitalized four weeks preceding his death. He was born on a farm in the Guss
vicinity on March 19, 1897. His parents were the late Charles and Minnie Opitz.
Mr. Opitz operated the Opitz Motor Company and had been associated with the
automobile industry in Clarinda since 1915. He became one of the early
automobile business men when he joined with his late brother, John, who died
April of 1960 in Omaha, to establish a garage and auto agency. Mr. Opitz had
held the Ford Motor Company Franchise in Clarinda since August 1, 1917. The
Opitz Garage was first established in the building now occupied by the United
Food Store and was moved to larger quarters in the building now occupied by the
Herald-Journal. After five years they built their building in 1920 on North 15th
Street where the Opitz Motor Company is still serving the Clarinda area.
He was married to Louise Enderbrock on September 1, 1926. Mrs. Opitz still
survives. Other survivors include his sister, Mrs. Myrtle Opitz Smith of
Clarinda, and four nieces: Mrs. Charles Wright of Lincoln, Nebraska, Mrs. Darrel
Cory of Red Oak, Iowa, Mrs. Joseph Gavel and Mrs. John Schietzelt both of
Clevland, Ohio.    
Mr. Opitz had always taken an interest in his community. He was a member and
trustee of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, member of the Clarinda Chamber
of Commerce and was one of the originators and organizers of the Clarinda
Industrial Board and the Clarinda Building Corp. , which he had been actively
serving until his recent hospitalization. He was also a member of the Masonic
Lodge, Clarinda Country Club, American Legion, Iowa Automobile Dealers
Association and the National Automobile Dealers Association. Mr. Opitz was a
veteran of WW I with overseas duty in Germany, and he was a former city
councilman.    
The Rev. D.C. Davis will officiate services in Clarinda on Tuesday. Interment
will be in the Clarinda Cemetery. Memorials were directed to the church.
Williams-Foster Mortuary of Clarinda was in charge of arrangements. 


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