Wilma married Orville Knapp on 1 Dec 1946 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. Orville (son of Jacob Knapp and Christina Opp) was born on 19 Oct 1924 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; died on 1 May 1986 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; was buried in Eureka Cemetery, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marcia Kay Knapp
2. Sheila Ann Knapp

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BIOGRAPHY:
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JOHN J. OPP John J. and Emelia Opp John J. Opp was born on July 5, 1901, the oldest son of 12 children of John D. Opp and Elizabeth (nee Neuharth), on the family farm 14 miles northeast of Eureka. Emelia Augustine (nee Lapp), the daughter of Johann Lapp and Augustine (nee Waesh), was born December 16, 1903, on the family farm southeast of Eureka. She was one of the younger of nine children. The couple was married on November 11, 1923 at the age of 22 and 20. A Lutheran minister, Rev. Schulz of Ashley performed the ceremony in the second story building in Eureka that was used for church services at the time. It was a double wedding ceremony, along with Henry G. Opp and Christine Nehlich. They all attended regular services and following the service both couples were married. The couple lived with his parents for about three weeks until the inside of their home was painted and completed. This farm was located about a half mile southwest of his parents farm. There they raised their family of three children and continued to live for the next 41 years. They started farming with six horses and seven cows. The first year they did not have a car and their only transportation was a one horse top buggy. They tell us it took a little better than an hour to make the trip of 13 miles to town. Their first child, a daughter, Wilma was born June 3, 1926 and their only son, Walter Henry, followed on August 20, 1930. Another daughter, Dorraine was born prematurely on December 28, 1931. Looking back there were many years of hard labor, drought, grasshoppers and illnesses, but through it all, they never lost faith in God. The family worshipped together regularly at the Glueckstahl Reformed Church during their life on the farm. During the dirty thirties we recall one summer with no crops here, Mr. Opp went threshing with a crew in North Dakota so that he could earn enough money for the winter's supply of coal and other bare necessities. The forties found times getting better with the exception of the war years. Son, Walter, served in the U. S. Marines. Their daughter, Wilma, was married to Orville Knapp on December 1, 1946 and they have two daughters, Marcia Kay and Sheila Ann, who was married to William Fred Hoffman on December 18, 1974. Daughter Dorraine was married to Earl Gruebele on July 25, 1954 and they have one daughter Karen May, employed at Fargo, North Dakota. Son, Walter, was united in marriage to Ora Raile on September 4, 1955 and their family includes four children, Greg married to Susan Pleinis, Gary employed at Java, South Dakota, Linda married to Kurt Lutz currently serving with the U. S. Air Force, and Stuart, a student at NDSU in Fargo, North Dakota. In September of 1964, because of health reasons, it became necessary to retire from active farming, and a farm auction was held, the buildings sold off the home place, and a new home was built in Eureka where they enjoyed their retirement years. Mr. Opp passed away at the Eureka Community Hospital on Tuesday, June 7, 1983, following a brief illness. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 11, 1983 at 10:30 a.m. at the Reformed Church of Eureka. He was 81 at the time of his passing. On June 28, 1983 Mrs. Opp entered the Lutheran Home where she continues to reside.

John married Emelia Augustine Lapp on 11 Nov 1923 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. Emelia (daughter of Johannes Lapp and Augustine Wäsch) was born on 16 Dec 1903 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; died on 15 Jul 1993 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; was buried in Eureka Cemetery, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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JOHN D. AND ELIZABETH OPP Mr. and Mrs. John D. Opp John D. was seven years old when he arrived in America in 1884 from Gluckstal, South Russia with his parents, Daniel and Katharina Gohl Opp. They came to Menno, South Dakota, but finding no homesteading land readily available they traveled north to McPherson County to file their claim for land. Elizabeth's parents, George and Elizabeth Rosin Neuharth had arrived in America ten years earlier and lived in the Menno, South Dakota area until early 1884 when they trekked north to McPherson County. The Neuharths were one of two earliest German-Russian families to settle in the county. John D. was born February 3, 1877 and died November 11, 1953. Elizabeth was born February 10, 1881, died August 16, 1967. They were married November 22, 1898. They established a new farm thirteen miles northeast of Eureka in 1906 on which they lived until their retirement in 1945. They bought the former John G. Neuharth home in Eureka which is presently owned by Dr. and Mrs. James Anderson. After John's death, Elizabeth purchased a smaller home in which she lived until shortly before her death. Fifteen children were born to the couple, three died in infancy. Growing to adulthood were: John and Elizabeth (Ulrich), both deceased; Bertha Job, Leola, South Dakota; Otto, Eureka; Pauline and Rueben, both deceased; Helen Young, Kennewick, Washington; Calvin, Eureka; Rudolph, Leola, South Dakota; Allan, Kent, Washington; Edmund, Eureka; and Alma Donahue, Richland, Washington. In July of 1979 descendants of John D. and Elizabeth Opp held a family reunion at the Eureka Country Club with a total of 150 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren in attendance.

Johannes married Elizabeth Neuharth on 22 Nov 1898 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Georg Neuhardt Neuharth and Elisabetha Rosin) was born on 10 Feb 1881 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; died on 16 Aug 1967 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Augustine Wäsch. Augustine was born in 1867 in Odessa, Ukrayina; died in 1932; was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Katharina Gohl about 1866. Katharina (daughter of Friedrich Georg Gohl and Anna Maria Klein) was born on 5 Apr 1847 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 16 Mar 1937 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; was buried in Glueckstahl Cemetery, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Georg married Elisabetha Rosin on 2 Feb 1864 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina. Elisabetha was born on 11 Apr 1839 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina; died in 1916 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]