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OPPERMAN -- FERN DELORES WOLCOTT Was born October 9, 1914 into a Christian family of Frederick Robinson Wolcott and Laura Mae Bradfield in Waterloo, IA. She had three sisters, Joy, Adaline, and Laura. At a young age, the family moved to Albuquerque for the health of her youngest sister. Fern eventually met and married Arthur Opperman, a preacher, from Kansas, on January 1, 1937. They were married for 64 years before his death in 2001. She had four children, daughter, Donna, sons, Robert and Larry, and daughter, Billie. Fern liked to talk about how romantic Arthur was, buying her beautiful cards and putting sweet love notes in them. Fern loved the Lord with all her heart. One of her favorite scriptures was "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord". She was preceded in death by her sister, Laura at age 4; her son, Robert at age 5; husband, Arthur at age 87; and her two other sisters, Joy and Adaline in recent years. Fern is survived by her three children, Donna, Larry, and Billie; six grandchildren, Terri, Shelly, Gina, Eric, and Jennifer; and by eight great-grandchildren, Samantha, Brittanie, Noah, Joey, Ashton, Jaden, Carlee, and Greg. Services will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2011, 10:00 a.m., at French -University Chapel. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, 924 Menaul Blvd. NE. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Albuquerque Rescue Mission, P. O. Box 331, Albuquerque, NM 87103, or 505-346-4673 would be appreciated. FRENCH 1111 University Blvd. NE. (505) 843-6333
        Published on: Thu July 28, 2011