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Opal Buttell

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[January 13, 2011]  ELKHART -- Opal F. Buttell, 92, of Elkhart, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, at 8:23 a.m. at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital emergency room.

Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Simon L. Taabu officiating. Visitation will be from noon until the service time at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mrs. Buttell retired from the Elkhart Post Office as a clerk after 29 years of service.

She was born June 14, 1918, in Cornland. Her parents were Frank and Florence Raholitz Bohn. She married Jacob C. Buttell on Jan. 20, 1942, in Elkhart. He preceded her in death on Dec. 19, 1995.

She is survived by one brother, Charles (and Louise) Bohn of Cornland; one sister, Elizabeth Hooper of Rockford; a sister-in-law, Meredith Bohn; and several nieces and nephews.

Five brothers and four sisters preceded her in death.

She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Elkhart.

Memorials may be made to meals on wheels or St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

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