Obituary: Opal Marie Shull, Umatilla Co., Oregon

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Newspaper; The East Oregonian
Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon
 

Shull, Opal Marie
The East Oregonian
November 7, 1989

Opal Marie Shull

HERMISTON- The funeral Opal Marie Shull were today at St. John’s Episcopal Church
in Hermiston, with burial following at Hermiston Cemetery. 
Mrs. Shull, 65, Hermiston, died at Emanuel Hospital in Portland on Friday, Nov. 3,
1989.
She was born at Davis, Okla., on Feb. 24, 1924. She was reared and attended 
school at Oklahoma City.
Prior ro her marriage she worked in a photography store in Oklahoma City. 
On Aug. 4, 1945, she married John C. Shull in Oklahoma City. The couple lived at 
Jacksonville, Fla. For a time and returned to Oklahoma City where three of her 
children were born. The family moved to Goldendale, Wash., and in 1955 moved to 
Hermiston.
Mr. Shull retired as Hermiston Fire Chief in 1988.
Mrs. Shull was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church; Order of the Eastern Star;
past guardian of Bethel 44 Job’s Daughters; Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary; was
a past 4-H ; leader; was a member of the Women’s Civic League, and Episcopal 
Women. 
She had worked at Burnham’s Department Store in Hermiston, where she was ladies 
clothes buyer, and also Williams Clothing Store for many years. 
Mrs. Shull was known among friends for her love of people and the joy she took in
successes of her family and friends. 
Survivors include her husband at home; sons, Jim of Nampa, Idaho, and John of 
Scappoose; daughters, Rita Harris of Hermiston, Laura Siler of Murrieta, Calif.,
Althea Shull of Hermiston; and seven grandchildren. Two sisters and three brothers
died earlier.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon Lung Association or to St. John’s
Episcopal Church, directly or through Burns Mortuary in Hermiston.