Dane County WI Archives Photo Tombstone.....KINGSBURY, Opal 
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Cemetery:           Forest Hills Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Name:               Opal KINGSBURY
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STEFFEN, Adeline E.
30 Aug 1904- 16 Jan 1996
 
KINGSBURY, Opal 
19 Dec 1907- 01 Sep 2004
Sec 23, Lot 074-77, Gr 4
Kingsbury, Opal N. 

DE PERE - Opal N. Kingsbury passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 1,
2004, at Rennes Health Center, De Pere, from congestive heart
failure. Opal was born Dec. 19, 1907, to Frank and Iva
(Fitzpatrick) Norton in Robinson, Ill. She attended Robinson
High School and graduated from Eastern Illinois University in
1935. Opal taught in Park Ridge, Ill., for five years. In
September 1940, she married Irving Steffen of Madison, who
preceded her in death in 1951. Opal was a librarian at Midvale
School for 19 years, graduating from the University of
Wisconsin Library School in 1966. In June 1971, she married
Laurence Kingsbury of Lake Windsor. She was a 60-year member
of Christ Presbyterian Church; serving as an elder, Sunday
school teacher, and in Women's Association. Opal was a 40 year
member of Chapter AE PEO in Madison. She was a life member of
the YWCA and belonged to the Wisconsin State Retired Teacher's
Association. Opal is survived by a son and daughter-in-law,
Thomas and Sandra Steffen of Green Bay; two granddaughters,
Karen (Jay) Weber of Grafton, and Elizabeth Steffen of
Milwaukee; special friend, Josh Kayzar; a great-granddaughter,
Morgan Opal Weber; a step son, Wallace Kingsbury and family;
step daughter, Dolores Sorenson and family; and a nephew,
Chuck (Mary) Findley. She was preceded in death by her
parents; her sister, Leafel Findley; sister-in-law, Adeline
Steffen; and husband, Laurence Kingsbury. A memorial service
will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2004, at 11 a.m. at CHRIST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 944 E. Gorham St., Madison, with the Rev.
Dale Chapin officiating. Reception and lunch will follow.
Internment will be at Forest Hills Cemetery, Madison. In lieu
of flowers, a memorial maybe made to Christ Presbyterian
Church or PEO Continuing Education Fund Chapter AE, Madison.
Cress Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
The family would like to thank Rennes Health Center De Pere,
Wis., for their exceptional care; Union Congregational Church
Stephen Minister Joannie; and Oakwood Retirement Center,
Madison. My Influence My Life shall touch a dozen lives before
this day is done; Leave countless marks for good or ill, Ere
sets the evening sun. So this the wish I always wish, The
prayer I ever pray; "Lord may my life help the other lives, It
touches on the way."



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