OBIT: John Herman OPEL, 1989, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOHN HERMAN OPEL
  
  John Herman Opel, 82, of Accident RD 1, MD, died Monday, Sept, 18, 1989, in 
  Garrett County Memorial Hospital, Oakland, MD. 
  Born in Accident, MD, Oct. 28, 1906, he was the son of the late Peter and Mary 
  (Brenneman) Opel. 
  Formerly employed as a heavy equipment operator for several local coal 
  companies, he was a  member of Glade Mennonite Church, Accident, MD. 
  Surviving are his widow, Melda (Schrock) Opel; two sons: Park Opel, Accident, 
  MD; and Don Opel, Grantsville, MD; 11 daughters: Bernice Baker, Erma Stephens, 
  Nora Evans and Jean DeWitt all of Oakland, Eve Miller, Viola Yommer, June Holman 
  and Hazel Maust, all of Accident, MD; Marie Eisentrout, Beaver Dam, Va.; and 
  JoAnn Bender, Kalona, Iowa; 49 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. 
  Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville, Md. 
  Services were conducted Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in Glade Mennonite Church by 
  the Rev. Oren Bender and the Rev. Carl Opel. 
  Interment, church cemetery.
  
  The Republic September 21, 1989
  
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