Calvin J. Opp

1914 - 2006  (91 years)

• Name	Calvin J. Opp
  Born	8 Nov 1914	Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jan 2006	Avera Eureka Healthcare Center, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA   [1]
  Buried	28 Jan 2006	Eureka Cemetery, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Person ID	I104744	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Johannes Daniel Opp,   b. 3 Feb 1877, Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 11 Nov 1953, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Neuharth,   b. 10 Feb 1881, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 16 Aug 1967, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	22 Nov 1898	Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F46202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Fischer,   b. 16 Aug 1918, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 24 Jun 1983, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1940
  Children	1. Mary Opp   2. Jean Opp   3. Kathleen Opp
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F46222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: http://www.genealogy.com/users/c/h/r/David-Alan-Christianson/FILE/0004text.txt CALVIN J. OPP Calvin Opp and Ella Fischer were married September 22, 1940 and moved to their own farm a short time after their marriage. Calvin was one of seven sons born to John D. and Elizabeth (Neuharth) Opp of rural Eureka, November 8, 1914. John D. was born in Gluckstal, Russia, February 3, 1877, arrived in Eureka in 1884 and homesteaded northeast of Eureka. He died November 11, 1953. Elizabeth Neuharth was born in Hutchinson County, South Dakota February 10, 1881 and died August 16, 1967. The children born to the Opps include: John, Elizabeth Ulrich, Bertha Job, Otto, Helen (Donahue) Young, Rueben, Rudolph, Pauline, Allan, Edmund, Alma Donahue, and Calvin. Ella was one of nine children born to Christ and Emma (Kusler) Fischer of Greenway August 16, 1918. (See Benny Nies history). Ella died June 24, 1983 after an extended illness. Three daughters were born to Calvin and Ella. Mary, born January 3, 1943 lives in Burnsville, Minnesota. Jean was born May 10, 1945, is married to Arlo Bertsch and lives in Bloomington, Minnesota. Kathleen, born August 9, 1952 is married to John Streifel and they live in Ashley, North Dakota. Calvin continues to operate the farm northeast of Eureka and is a member of the Reformed Church. Past activities include serving on the rural school board and church board.

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Calvin J. Opp Eureka - Funeral Services for Calvin J. Opp, 91, of Eureka will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006, at Eureka Reformed Church. The Rev. Herman Van Stedum will officiate. Burial will be at the Eureka City Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home and for one hour prior to the service at the church. He died Jan. 22, 2006, at Avera Eureka Health Care Center. Calvin J. Opp, son of John D. and Elizabeth (Neuharth) Opp was born Nov. 8, 1914, on the family homestead 13 miles northeast of Eureka. He attended country school and worked on the family farm. During the summers in the 1930s he worked in Idaho and Washington as farm laborer. He was united in marriage to Ella Fischer on Sept. 27, 1940, in Rohrbach Reformed Church in Greenway, S.D. They made their home with his parents. In 1941, they started their own homestead a mile from his parent's farm where they lived and farmed all their working life. His wife died in 1983. Calvin continued to farm until 1999 when he moved into Eureka. In January of 2005, he entered Avera Eureka Health Care Center. Calvin enjoyed baseball and playing cards with his grandson. He was a member of Eureka Reformed Church where he had been a board member for several years, also a past church board member of Glueckstal Reformed Church. He was also a former member of the Detmold School District. Survivors include two daughters, Kathleen (John) Streifel of Eureka, and Jean (Arlo) Bertsch of Bloomington, Minn.; one brother Edmund (Hulda) Opp of Eureka; one sister, Elma (Don) Donahue of Richland, Wash.; and one grandson, Jayden Streifel. His parents, wife, one daughter, Mary, seven brothers and five sisters preceded him in death. Casketbearers will be Glenn Opp, Lewis Opp, Daniel Opp, Leroy Opp, Robert Opp and Wayne Fischer. The organist will be Sandra Clark. Carlsen Funeral Home of Eureka have been entrusted with arrangements