Opal Strehlow

Obituary of Opal Strehlow

A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at Emmaus Lutheran Church in Eugene for Opal L. Strehlow of Eugene, who died Feb. 6 of age-related causes. She was 85.She was born Feb. 6, 1927, in Wagner, S.D., to Andrew and Emma Johnson Hedegaard. She married Date Arnold Strehlow on June 23, 1946, in Wagner, S.D. He died Sept. 14, 2004.She was a homemaker.Survivors include a son, Arnold of Umatilla; two daughters, Sharon Schuyler of Myrtle Creek and Lorie Leighter of Eugene; a sister, Dorothy Bartunik of Eugene; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Christopher Scott Strehlow, and a great-granddaughter, Michelle.Private inurnment will be at Lane Memorial Gardens in Eugene. Arrangements by Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in Eugene. Remembrances to Emmaus Lutheran Church for LWR school kits and quilts.
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