Obit of Oyler, Opal Joy (Roblyer) (o460) - Canadian County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <genephillips@usa.net>  19 Nov 2003
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Oyler, Opal Joy (Roblyer)     
 
Opal Joy (Roblyer) Oyler passed away Thursday, November 13, at her home in 
El Reno.Opal was born February 9, 1920, in Piedmont, the sixth of 10 
children of Ben and Mary Black Roblyer, and spent her life in the El Reno 
area. While she can be remembered for her spunk and athleticism with the 
El Reno softball team, her work with the VFW Auxiliary and Jolly Workers, 
and 40 years a respected antiques dealer, Opal was perhaps known best as 
the caretaker of her family and friends. She loved to quilt, and did so 
with pleasure and precision. She loved to go to garage sales and 
antiquing, and she did with pleasure and wisdom. She said the best 
vacation of her life was in the 1940s when she and her husband Jess, and 
friends Roy and Melba Schulz, hopped on motorcycles loaded down with 
camping gear, and rode and camped their way down old Route 66, over the 
mountains and through the desert all the way to California and back. But 
while she loved all these things, she is remembered most for a coffeepot 
that seemed never to be turned off, and a door that was always open to 
family and friends. Being in the kitchen with Opal was a haven of peace 
and security. It was the hub of the family and their love. And it often 
included the fresh food Opal loved to cook especially her fresh fruit pies 
and cobblers, and amazing cakes. Opal was gifted with a knack for knowing 
when to listen and when to speak. And she did both in the heart of her 
home kitchen, and filled that heart with her unique and warm sense of love 
and grace. Opal was preceded in death by her parents, by her brothers 
John, Raymond, Wayne, Jack, Emmit and Vincent, and her husband of 61 
years, Jess. She is survived by her son Mac and his fiancée Chern of 
Oklahoma City; her daughter Joy Guile and husband Gary; sisters Juanita 
Slocum, Ferne Burris and husband Gene; and her brother Carl, all of El 
Reno. Also her sisters in law Helen and Betty; her grandsons Jay Oyler, 
and Mike Wright and wife Mary; her granddaughters Julie Blose and husband 
Don, Susan Parrott, and Jamie Pratt and husband James; her great 
grandchildren Faith, Matthew, Amy, David, and Justin Blose, Garrett and 
Jacob Wright, Adison Opal Parrott, and Mikayla and Sydney Pratt. Also, 
nephew Louis Graves and wife Cathy, numerous other nieces and nephews, 
great nieces and great nephews; and special caretakers Eileen Scott, 
Billie Mirth, Ruth and Harry. 

Published in the Oklahoman on 11/19/2003.  
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