Dennis Wayne OPEL, 49

Born: Jan. 19, 1951

Died: Oct. 11, 2000

WELLMAN, Iowa -- Services for Dennis W. Opel, of 513 13th St., will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Harker Cemetery, Muscatine.   Visitation is noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Fry  Funeral Home, Tipton.

Mr. Opel died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2000, at Wellman Parkview Manor, after an extended illness.
He was employed 10 years at a meat cutter at Louis Rich, West Liberty.

He was born Jan. 19, 1951, in Muscatine County. He married Lawonna Hanson in 1997 in Bertram.
He married Pamela Calvert in 1970 in Muscatine.

A memorial fund has been established.

Survivors include his wife,  Lawonna, Tipton; a daughter, Denise Mente, Tipton; a son, Chad, Aurora, Colo.; a grandchild; a sister, Carol Steinbaugh, Muscatine; and stepchildren, Cassie Achenbach, Tipton, and Shane Achenbach, Rock Island.

Source: Quad City Times, Oct 13, 2000