Ivan Opp

1922 - 2008  (85 years)

• Name	Ivan Opp
  Born	28 Jun 1922	Venturia, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Mar 2008	Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA   [1]
  Buried	21 Mar 2008	Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I111150	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Simon Opp,   b. 13 Jul 1887, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 1 Sep 1967, Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Maria Wolf,   b. 12 Nov 1897, North Dakota, USA ,   d. Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, USA
  Married	Jan 1916	North Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F48806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LaRue Bender,   b. 24 Nov 1925, North Dakota, USA
  Married	2 Dec 1944	Venturia, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Clayton Opp   2. Sharon Opp   3. Roger Opp   4. Cindy LaRue Opp,   b. 8 Jan 1963, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 27 Dec 2014, Britton, Marshall County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F48803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Ivan Opp SSN: 567-38-5837 Last Residence: 57401 Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States of America Born: 28 Jun 1922 Died: 13 Mar 2008 State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951) [S927] Obituary. Ivan Opp March 19, 2008 Aberdeen - The service for Ivan Opp, 85, Aberdeen, will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 21, 2008, at First United Methodist Church with Pastor Eldon Reich officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Ivan died Thursday, March 13, 2008, at Bethesda Home of Aberdeen. Visitation will be from 1 to 7 p.m., Thursday with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St. Ivan Opp was born on June 28, 1922, to Simon & Marie (Wolff) Opp at Ventura, N.D. He attended country school. On Feb. 2, 1944, Ivan married LaRue Bender of Zeeland, N.D. There were united in marriage at the First Baptist Church of Venturia. They moved to a farm by Fredonia, N.D., and a year later they moved northeast of Westport, N.D. They were there a couple of years before moving to Nampa, Idaho, where they ran a grocery store. From there they moved to Lodi, Calif., where Ivan worked for General Mills. But farming was always on his mind and he knew there was no place like the Dakotas to raise a family so they moved back to a farm southeast of Britton, S.D. Ivan and LaRue farmed together for 30 years before they built a home and moved into Britton in 1978. He continued to farm with his son, Clayton until 1988 when he retired. In 1989, they moved to Aberdeen, S.D., due to health reasons. Ivan became a member of First United Methodist Church of Aberdeen. Ivan was a member of the United Methodist Church of Britton where he was a trustee and was always willing to help when needed. He was on the Britton Zoning Board and a member of Farmers Union. He loved to travel by car during the winter months. Ivan and LaRue also went on a European farm tour in 1976. Ivan's hobby was farming. In his free time Ivan enjoyed fishing and hunting during his younger years and told some great stories about some of those adventures. He was a member of a bowling league while in Britton and was an avid basketball fan. Grateful for having shared Ivan's life are his wife, LaRue Opp, Aberdeen; son, Roger (Linda) Opp, Gresham, Ore.; daughters, Sharon Sherburn, Prescott, Ariz., Cindy (Kervin) Olson, Amherst, S.D.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Richard Opp, Walter Opp; sisters, Freida Reile, Valinda Bender; one son, Clayton Opp; and granddaughter, Jeannette Koslowski. www.spitzer funeralhome.com